Barack Obama, the US president, left India with more than $10bn worth of deals to help create jobs at home; Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, this week claimed $16bn worth of new business in a global scramble to do business with one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.
In return, the leaders of the United Nations Permanent Five countries have offered recognition of India’s standing as the world’s largest democracy and pledged their support for India playing a greater role in multilateral institutions, particularly a future seat at the UN Security Council.
Describing Moscow as a “major energy power”, Mr Medvedev on Tuesday stressed Russia’s role as a key energy supplier and an uncompromising stand on terror to single out his visit from the overtures of others. Among 15 agreements, he signed a pact to align India’s oil and gas companies with powerful Russian state-owned energy companies, like Gazprom, and an agreement to supply two nuclear reactors.
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