New Delhi, December 19
India and Russia will discuss at length the situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the context of the developments in the region when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hold their annual summit here on Tuesday.

Briefing reporters here today, MEA spokesman Vishnu Prakash said the issue of terrorism and how the two countries could jointly fight the menace would also figure prominently during the discussions between the two leaders. India, meanwhile, admitted that Moscow has sought certain clarifications from New Delhi over the applicability of the civil nuclear liability law to future projects to be undertaken by the two countries as part of their civil nuclear cooperation.

“Technical discussions are on between the two sides and we will resolve every issue amicably,’’ Ajay Bisaria, joint secretary in-charge of Russia in the ministry, said.

The two officials said a number of agreements would be signed between the two countries in different areas after the meeting between the Russian leader and the Prime Minister.

Bisaria noted that the agreement for cooperation between India and Russia for Kudankulam I and Kudankulam II nuclear projects in Tamil Nadu was signed long back, much before the civil nuclear law was enacted by India. The discussions were now on between the two countries for Kudankulam III and Kudankulam IV projects for which the framework accord was signed during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi in March.