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President Putin leaves for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Bali on Sunday.
Khurshid discussed the situation in the Middle East and in Northern Africa with Lavrov.
Russia has already vowed financial support to the future OPCW effort in Syria.
Moscow wants some 70 remaining restrictions currently imposed on local companies to be lifted.
Russia plans to boost annual defence spending by 59 per cent in 2015.
The ATT is the first international treaty seeking to regulate the $70 billion global trade in conventional weapons.
The OPCW will be in charge of securing and destroying the Syrian stockpiles of chemical weapons.
China and Russia condemned any use of chemical weapons in Syria and called for an objective United Nations probe.
The Russian carrier Admiral Gorshkov was converted into Vikramaditya at Russia’s Sevmash Shipyard.
The contract includes providing ammunitions, pilot training and logistic assistance.
