NEW DELHI: India and Egypt have inked a MoU to bolster defence cooperation whereas additionally deciding to reinforce joint army workout routines, coaching, co-production and upkeep of apparatus.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh and his Egyptian counterpart Common Mohamed Zaki at a gathering in Cairo agreed to determine proposals for increasing cooperation between their defence industries in a time-bound method.
“The MoU will pave the way in which for enhancing defence cooperation throughout all sectors of mutual curiosity. The 2 ministers additionally exchanged views on regional safety and acknowledged the contribution of their international locations to peace and stability on the earth,” an official mentioned on Tuesday.
Singh additionally invited his Egyptian counterpart to the India-Africa Defence Dialogue and Indian Ocean Area defence ministers’ conclave to be held as a part of twelfth DefExpo in Gandhinagar between from October 18 to 22.
Defence minister Singh additionally known as on President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who expressed appreciation that the bilateral military-to-military cooperation had reached a brand new stage.
“Singh acknowledged that Egypt is among the many most vital buying and selling companions of India in Africa and that the bilateral commerce has expanded considerably.
He famous with satisfaction the shut cooperation in multilateral boards between India and Egypt,” the official mentioned.
Egypt is among the many a number of international locations that has proven curiosity in buying arms produced by India, together with the Akash missile methods able to intercepting hostile plane, helicopters, drones and subsonic cruise missiles at a spread of 25-km.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh and his Egyptian counterpart Common Mohamed Zaki at a gathering in Cairo agreed to determine proposals for increasing cooperation between their defence industries in a time-bound method.
“The MoU will pave the way in which for enhancing defence cooperation throughout all sectors of mutual curiosity. The 2 ministers additionally exchanged views on regional safety and acknowledged the contribution of their international locations to peace and stability on the earth,” an official mentioned on Tuesday.
Singh additionally invited his Egyptian counterpart to the India-Africa Defence Dialogue and Indian Ocean Area defence ministers’ conclave to be held as a part of twelfth DefExpo in Gandhinagar between from October 18 to 22.
Defence minister Singh additionally known as on President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who expressed appreciation that the bilateral military-to-military cooperation had reached a brand new stage.
“Singh acknowledged that Egypt is among the many most vital buying and selling companions of India in Africa and that the bilateral commerce has expanded considerably.
He famous with satisfaction the shut cooperation in multilateral boards between India and Egypt,” the official mentioned.
Egypt is among the many a number of international locations that has proven curiosity in buying arms produced by India, together with the Akash missile methods able to intercepting hostile plane, helicopters, drones and subsonic cruise missiles at a spread of 25-km.
