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NEW DELHI, January 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and India signed two cooperation agreements Thursday on Russia's global space navigation system Glonass, which will be used by Moscow's long-time partner in the military-technical sector.

Glonass, a Russian version of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), is designed for both military and civilian purposes, and allows users to identify their positions in real time. It can also be used in geological prospecting.

The agreements were signed by the head of Russia's Federal Space Agency, Anatoly Perminov, and Madhavan Nair, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), with President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in attendance.

Perminov earlier said Russia and India plan to jointly use Glonass.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, who is also currently in India, said Tuesday that Moscow and New Delhi had agreed to launch Glonass-M satellites with the help

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