Summary Earlier, Modi had met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow
KABUL (Dunya News/AFP) – Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on Friday has reached Afghanistan’s capital where President Ashraf Ghani received the guest.
The two leaders will discuss regional security among several other issues. Modi has also inaugurated Parliament building constructed with help of India in Kabul.
The Indian Prime Minister will address Afghanistan law makers during his visit.
Earlier, Modi had met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Putin and Modi hailed the "partnership" between the nations as they oversaw the signing of energy and other deals. However no progress was announced on an anticipated purchase of S-400 missiles, Russia s top-of-the-line anti-aircraft defence systems.
"I see in Russia a prominent partner in India s economic transformation," Modi said after the two leaders agreed to ease the visa requirements between the two nations that are part of the BRICS group of leading emerging market countries.
They also oversaw the signing of several agreements involving Russia s state nuclear corporation Rosatom and railway monopoly Russian Railways, among others.
India wants Moscow to take part in infrastructure projects as the Modi government seeks to overhaul the country s railway network and build nuclear energy plants to meet the growing electricity needs for its fast-growing economy.
The two countries agreed on the location of a new Russian nuclear energy plant in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with Moscow already building a nuclear plant in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Modi is seeking to ramp up the country s nuclear energy use to meet the rising energy needs, with a programme for at least 12 new reactors, as well as reduce its heavy dependency on coal, the worst greenhouse gas producing fuel.
Modi said that Moscow and Delhi would also jointly produce Kamov-226 military helicopters as part of the Make in India initiative to have foreign companies manufacture their products in India.
Putin for his part called Russia s ties with India a "privileged strategic partnership", praising the two nations energy and defence cooperation.
"There are plans to send large-scale supplies of oil and oil products to Indian refineries in the amount of 10 million tonnes annually over the next 10 years," Putin said after the talks
