The Indian Defence Minister AK Antony will be on a three-day visit to Moscow beginning October 3 to co-chair the 11th meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) with his Russian counterpart AE Serdyukov.

As per the agenda, the two sides will also review the progress of important ongoing projects such as Admiral Gorshkov, delivery of frigates and Multi-Role Transport Aircraft will come for discussion at the meeting.

They will also discuss issues of global security concerns.

The two sides will deliberate upon aspects relating to licensed manufacture and maintenance of T-90 Tanks and Su-30 MKI Aircraft in India.

The Russian side will offer a glance of the upcoming Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft by holding a test flight for the benefit of Antony and his delegation.

The two countries have signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement for joint design, development and production of FGFA involving Sukhoi Design Bureau on the Russian Side and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on the Indian side.

In the run up to the IRGC-MTC meeting, seven sub-groups and two working groups covering all areas of military technical cooperation between the two countries have met and discussed a wide range of issues pertaining to equipment and technology transfer, product support etc.

Antony will be accompanied by a high-level official delegation including the Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma, Secretary Defence Production Shekhar Aggarwal, Lt Gen MS Buttar, Air Marshal RK Sharma, Vice Admiral NN Kumar, Chief Controller of Research and Development of DRDO Dr Avinash Chander, CMD Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Ashok Nayak and DG Acquisition Vivek Ray.