NEW DELHI, December 4 (RIA Novosti) - A recently-formed Russian-Indian joint commission on monitoring bilateral military-technical cooperation has held a two-day meeting in New Delhi, the Indian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

The decision to set up the commission was adopted in September at a meeting of the Russian and Indian defense ministers in New Delhi. The commission is expected to improve regulatory and technical aspects of military cooperation. The meeting was held on December 2-3.

"The sides discussed issues related to the implementation of various joint projects, including a fifth-generation fighter, a multipurpose transport plane, T-90 tanks, an AWACS plane, the modernization of the Su-30MKI fighter, the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, and medium-class helicopters," the ministry said in a statement.

During the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to India, which begins on Thursday, Russia and India could sign a number of contracts in the sphere of military-technical cooperation, presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko earlier said.

Russia's Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov is to accompany the president on his visit to India.