普京與辛格在新德里舉行會談

Russia's president and India's prime minister held talks Monday in New Delhi.

The meeting between Vladimir Putin and Manmohan Singh was expected to help Russia tighten defense ties and boost trade with India.

Russia once held a virtual monopoly on on India's arms market, but Moscow has recently lost several multi-billion dollar contracts to Western weapons makers.俄羅斯總統普京和印度總理辛格星期一在新德里舉行了會談。

預計，普京和辛格的這次會晤將有助於俄羅斯加強與印度的防務關係並促進俄印貿易。

俄羅斯曾經在印度軍火市場上佔據壟斷地位，但莫斯科近來在競爭幾筆鉅額合同時輸給了西方軍火商。