Kazan, Oct. 15 -- Consul General of India in Kazan, Jeysundhar Deviprasadh, said the second edition of the India-Russia Business Forum in Kazan aims to strengthen economic relations between the two countries by facilitating interactions between Indian businesses and their Russian counterparts.

Speaking to ANI on Wednesday, Deviprasadh said the forum, titled Tatarstan Initiative Mutual Efficiency (TIME), was being hosted in Kazan, the capital city of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan, amid growing bilateral trade between India and Russia, which stands at around USD 60 billion.

"Today we begin the second edition of the Time Forum, which is an India-Russia business forum that we are hosting in the city of Kazan. Kazan is part of Tatarstan, wh...