Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes (L) shakes hands with Russian
Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov in New Delhi, October 15, 2001.
Klebanov is on a two-day visit to India for bilateral talks on security
and other issues. Klebanov said on Monday civilian deaths in U.S.-led
strikes on Afghanistan were regrettable but inevitable and added it was
too early to map the post-Taliban scenario in that country.
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