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India and Russia Discuss Advanced Space Monitoring for Disaster Management

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India and Russia held the second meeting of their joint commission on emergency management cooperation in Moscow on Wednesday. The key focus areas included the utilization of space monitoring technologies for risk forecasting and emergency response. Both nations have agreed on a working plan for 2025-26 and committed to sharing best practices in disaster management.

Led by India’s Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, and Russia’s EMERCOM Minister, Kurenkov Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich, the meeting also covered experiences in handling large-scale disasters and training fire and rescue specialists. Both countries expressed a desire to enhance educational and research collaborations for emergency management training.

The meeting reaffirmed the importance of previous agreements such as the 2010 Inter-Governmental Agreement on Emergency Management and the 2013 establishment of the Indo-Russian Joint Commission. These agreements aim to improve early warning systems and overall emergency preparedness. The next commission meeting is scheduled to be held in India in 2026.

Rai reiterated India’s commitment to the Sendai Framework and Prime Minister Modi’s 10-point agenda on disaster risk reduction, highlighting the importance of the collaboration for building resilient systems in both countries.

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