Russian Prime Minister Valdimir Putin arrived in New Delhi last night on a two-day visit to India. The two countries are expected to sign a number of agreements to further strengthen cooperation in the fields of Defence, Civil nuclear energy, fertilisers and other areas during his visit. <br/> <br/>Several supplementary agreements relating to Aircraft Carrier Gorshkov deal will also be signed as the two countries have resonved the price issue. <br/> <br/>These agreements will be signed after the talks between the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and his Russian counterpart Valdimir Putin in New Delhi Friday evening. <br/> <br/>Further cooperation in the High tech areas like hydro carbons, space and production of telecom equipment is expected to be discussed. <br/> <br/>External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash said that the visit of prime Minister of Russia will further consolidate the Strategic partnership between the two countries. <br/> <br/>Earlier, Mr Putin's Foreign Policy Aide Yuri Ushakov said that 14-15 agreements and contracts worth over 10 billion US Dollars are likely to be signed between the two countries during Mr Ptin's visit. He said agreement on retrofitting of Gorshkov, the contract for supply of additional 29 naval MiG29K fighters and a deal to jointly develop a transport aircraft are among the agreements to be signed. <br/> <br/>Mr Putin leading a high level 15 member delegation that includes Economic Development and Energy Minister of Russia. <br/> <br/>AIR correspondent reports that India's defence cooperation with Russia has gone beyond the buyer seller relationship with the two sides involved in joint production, development and research in defence equipment. The trade between the two countries was to the tune of 7.5 billion dollars last year, which was eight per cent more than the previous year.<br/><br/>