普京与辛格在新德里举行会谈

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.俄罗斯总统普京和印度总理辛格星期一在新德里举行了会谈。

预计，普京和辛格的这次会晤将有助于俄罗斯加强与印度的防务关系并促进俄印贸易。

俄罗斯曾经在印度军火市场上占据垄断地位，但莫斯科近来在竞争几笔巨额合同时输给了西方军火商。