PERM, November 24 (RIA Novosti) - Sergei Ivanov, Russia's deputy prime minister and defense minister, said Thursday that Russia and India would not sign an agreement on the development of a fifth-generation fighter during the visit of the Indian prime minister to Russia in December.

"We are not planning to sign the [5G fighter] agreement during the visit of the Indian prime minister," Ivanov told a news conference.

He said the countries were planning to sign a bilateral agreement on the development of a military cargo plane instead.