**Executive Summary**
The document is a press release dated December 4-5, 2025, from the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying regarding the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit. It highlights bilateral discussions between the Indian and Russian governments to strengthen cooperation in fisheries, animal husbandry, and dairy trade, focusing on expanding mutual trade, resolving market access issues, and facilitating establishment listings for exports. A key action item is for the Russian side to finalize and facilitate the signing of a draft MoU.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Bilateral Cooperation:**
* India and Russia aim to strengthen their "Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership."
* Discussions focused on expanding mutual trade in fisheries, animal & dairy products.
* Both sides aim to resolve market access issues and fast-track establishment listings for exports.
* **Trade and Export Diversification:**
* India exported USD 7.45 billion worth of fish and fishery products in 2024-25, including USD 127 million to Russia.
* India seeks to diversify exports to Russia, including shrimp, prawns, mackerel, sardines, tuna, crab, squid, and cuttlefish.
* Russia expressed readiness to take products from India, including fish, fishery products, meat, and meat products.
* Russia is interested in developing the trout market through a joint technical project.
* **Establishment Listings and Approvals:**
* Russia listed 19 Indian fisheries establishments recently, bringing the total to 128.
* India requested expediting the listing of pending establishments, regular updates, and revocation of temporary restrictions.
* India urged early approvals for Indian entities in dairy, buffalo meat, and poultry sectors.
* **Technology and Research Collaboration:**
* India seeks cooperation for mutual trade in fisheries, technology transfer for deep-sea fishing vessels, and advanced aquaculture technologies (RAS and Biofloc).
* Emphasis on capacity building in deep-sea fishing, on-board processing, and value addition.
* Collaboration in aquaculture and emerging technologies, including coldwater fisheries and genetic improvement, is desired.
* Both sides agreed to work on coldwater fisheries including trout, genetic improvement in fisheries and aquaculture.
* Cooperation in research and development is mutually beneficial, with opportunities to take advanced research, promoting innovation and strengthening food security.
* Areas for potential cooperation include veterinary vaccine development, equipment manufacturing, and animal disease management.
* **Memorandum of Understanding (MoU):**
* India proposed a structured mechanism to advance cooperation.
* Russia is requested to finalize and facilitate signing the draft MoU already shared by India.
**Impact Analysis**
**Indian Fisheries and Dairy Establishments**
* **Impact:** Increased export opportunities to Russia for listed and soon-to-be-listed establishments.
* **Action Required:** Ensure compliance with FSVPS requirements for listing and prepare for increased export volumes.
**Indian Government (Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying)**
* **Impact:** Strengthening of bilateral ties and promotion of Indian fisheries, animal husbandry, and dairy sectors.
* **Action Required:** Finalize and implement the proposed MoU, expedite approvals for Russian establishments, and facilitate collaboration in research and technology.
**Russian Government**
* **Impact:** Diversification of import sources and potential development of domestic markets through collaboration with India.
* **Action Required:** Finalize and sign the MoU, consider pending Indian establishment listings, and engage in collaborative projects with India.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying: Indian ministry responsible for the discussed fisheries and animal husbandry matters
Russia: A key participant in the bilateral cooperation discussed in the document.
India-Russia Strategic Partnership: Framework for relations between India and Russia mentioned in the article.
New Delhi: Location of the bilateral meeting.
FSVPS: Platform for listing Indian fisheries establishments.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
India and Russia Strengthen Bilateral
Cooperation in Fisheries, Animal Husbandry &
Dairy Trade
India Seeks Collaboration on Emerging Aquaculture
Technologies and Deep-Sea Fishing
प्रव तथ: 04 DEC 2025 7:29PM by PIB Delhi
Russia has been a longstanding and time-tested partner of India. Since the signing of the “Declaration on
the India-Russia Strategic Partnership” in October 2000, India-Russia ties become more tighten and
subsequently elevated to the level of a “Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. India and Russia
continue to nurture their Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership through intensive and multi-layered
political engagements. The highest institutionalized mechanism remains the Annual Summit between the
Prime Minister of India and the President of the Russian Federation and so far, 22 summits completed.
The Russian delegation led by President of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Vladimir Putin is visiting
India during 04 - 05 December 2025 for the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit.
On the side lines of the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit, Hon’ble Minister of Fisheries, Animal
Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India, Mr Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh held a bilateral
meeting with H.E. Ms. Oxana Lut, Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, at Krishi Bhawan,
New Delhi today. During the meeting, both the sides discussed expanding mutual trade in fisheries,
animal & dairy products, resolving market access issues, and fast-tracking establishment listings for
exports. The discussions also focused on collaboration in research, education & emerging
aquaculture technologies, including deep-sea fishing vessels, aquaculture emerging technologies and
processing.
Hon’ble Minister of FAHD, Government of India emphasized that India exported fish and fishery products
worth USD 7.45 billion in 2024-25, including USD 127 million to Russia. He underlined the potential to
diversify exports to Russia with products such as shrimp, prawns, mackerel, sardines, tuna, crab, squid,
and cuttlefish. Russian side expressed readiness to take products from India, including fish and
fishery products, meat and meat products, and showed interest in developing the trout market
through a joint technical project that could lead to joint ventures.
He thanked Russia for listing 19 Indian fisheries establishments on the FSVPS platform recently making
the total listed Indian establishments to 128 and requested to expedite listing of pending establishments,
regular updates of activity details, and revocation of temporary restrictions. He also urged early approvals
for Indian entities in dairy, buffalo meat, and poultry sectors, and assured full cooperation from the Indian
side in this regard.For export of butter and dairy products, Hon’ble Minister of FAHD, Government of India specifically
mentioned that 12 Indian manufacturing companies of dairy products, including our renowned AMUL/
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), are awaiting registration with the FSVPS. He
requested Russian side to consider approving these establishment for listing in FSVPS.
Hon’ble Minister of FAHD, Government of India further emphasized on cooperation for mutual trade in
the fisheries sector for fisheries products, technology transfer for deep-sea fishing vessels, and adoption
of advanced aquaculture technologies including Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) and Biofloc,
as highlighted by Union Secretary of India Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi. He stressed the need for capacity building
in deep-sea fishing, on-board processing, and value addition, along with collaboration in aquaculture and
emerging technologies. Both sides agreed to work on coldwater fisheries including trout, genetic
improvement in fisheries and aquaculture.
It was highlighted that cooperation in fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying research and development
would be mutually beneficial, as both the sides may get opportunities to take advanced research in these
sectors, promoting innovation and strengthening food security. To achieve this, exchange of expertise,
including officials, researchers, and students would be taken up by both the sides.
India proposed for creation of a structured mechanism to advance in these areas to strengthen the
cooperation through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and requested Russian side to finalize and
facilitate signing of the draft MoU already shared with the Russian side.
H.E. Ms. Oxana Lut informed about Russia’s readiness to cooperate in fisheries, animal husbandry and
dairy sectors building on the successful history of agricultural collaboration. She noted that some items
are manufactured in Russia and some in India, and the products which Russia needs, can be supplied
by India and the products which India needs can be supplied by Russia to India for strengthening mutual
trade. She stressed upon the fact that India is the second top exporter of shrimp to Russia. She also
emphasised for a comprehensive framework for closer ties.
She also emphasized that Russia would like to have cooperation with India in veterinary vaccine
development, equipment manufacturing, and animal disease management. She stressed upon further
cooperation at the level of Universities, research and development institutes from both the sides and such
cooperation will be further strengthen by collaborative courses, exchange of students, academia, scientists
for innovation and advance technologies.
Hon’ble Minister of FAHD, Government of India concluded the meeting thanking the Russian delegation
with great hope that our historic friendship will be further deepen bringing both the countries more closer
to achieve the goals set by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India and H.E. President of Russian Federation.
The high-level meeting was attended by Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi, Union Secretary, Department of Fisheries
(DoF), GoI; Mr. Naresh Pal Gangwar, Union Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying
(DAHD),GoI, Ms. Varsha Joshi, Additional Secretary, DAHD, Mr. Rama Shankar Sinha, Additional
Secretary, DAHD, Shri Sagar Mehra, Joint Secretary, DoF, Ms. Neetu Kumari Prasad, Joint Secretary
DoF, Dr. Muthukumaraswamy B, Joint Secretary, DAHD, Dr. Praveen Malik, Animal Husbandry
Commissioner, DAHD, Dr. J.K Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries Science), ICAR, Mr..D V
Swamy, Chairman, Marine Product Export Development Authority.Dr. K. Mohamad Koya, Fisheries
Development Commissioner, DoF along with senior officials of the Department of Fisheries and
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, GoI and Export Inspection Council of India.***
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