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title: "India has signed the contract to procure AK-203 assault rifles from which country and how many rifles have been received by the Indian Armed Forces?"  
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published: 2022-02-21  
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# India has signed the contract to procure AK-203 assault rifles from which country and how many rifles have been received by the Indian Armed Forces?

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## Answers

### Answer by Stuti Gupta

> **The military has acquired the first batch of 70,000 weapons from Russia as half of a wider deal to construct the AK 203 assault rifles in India. Despite the Covid-19 epidemic, the initial group was given at a rapid rate as desired by India.**

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During the ongoing first 2+2 conference, **India and Russia** inked a military technology cooperation pact aiming at strengthening defense relations over the next years. The two nations also agreed to purchase **AK-203 assault rifles,** paving the stage for the manufacturing of over 6 lakh of these tiny guns in **Amethi**. The agreement was reached at a planned meeting among **[India's](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95897/by-which-year-india-will-achieve-zero-diesel-use-in-agriculture-and-replace-fossil-fuel-with-renewable-energy-according-to-union-power-minister-rk-singh)** defense minister, **Rajnath Singh, and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Shoigu.** \
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In New Delhi that he held constructive, successful, and substantive bilateral talks on security cooperation with **Russian Defense Minister General Sergey Shoigu.** '**India** treasures its unique and privileged close relationship with Russia,' **Rajnath Singh said in a tweet.**


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