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The Russian government has agreed to Rosatom signing a memorandum between Russia and India on developing cooperation in maritime cargo transportation along the Northern Sea Route. The corresponding order has been signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was and posted on the official portal of regulatory legal acts on July 14.
The order reads “To accept the proposal of Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation, as agreed with the Foreign Affairs Ministry and other interested federal executive bodies and preliminarily discussed with India, to sign a memorandum between the government of the Russian Federation and the government of the Republic of India on developing cooperation in maritime cargo transportation along the Northern Sea Route.”
Rosatom has been instructed to sign the memorandum on behalf of the government. The company is responsible for maritime traffic along the NSR as it operates Russia’s nuclear-powered ice breakers along the route.
The Indian government has long held an interest in the NSR, as it already purchases Russian oil and gas from terminals in the Yamal Peninsula that is then shipped to India. Seeing this as a long-term supply chain trend, New Delhi is intent on adding value by inserting itself, rather than purely Russian shipping, into the NSR routes. To do so it is already jointly-building icebreakers at shipyards in Gujarat, and is also involved in training specialists to work in Arctic conditions.
