World IN BRIEF : INDIA : Russia: Rocket Deal On Despite Warning
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Russia said it would go ahead with a $250-million contract to sell rocket engines to India despite a U.S. warning that this could lead to trade penalties for both countries. “We are going to confirm within this contract our obligations . . .,” Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Gennady E. Burbulis told a news conference in New Delhi. He also said Russian President Boris Yeltsin would visit India in the second half of this year and sign a friendship treaty.
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