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India-Tanzania to hold bilateral talks on defence cooperation today
India and Tanzania signed an MoU in 2003 for progressing activities for defence cooperation between countries
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh will hold bilateral talks with the Tanzanian defence and national service minister Stergomena Lawrence Tax on Friday.
Both ministers will review the defence cooperation between the two countries.
“During the bilateral talks, the two ministers will review the defence cooperation between the two countries and explore new avenues including Defence Industry Cooperation to further strengthen bilateral engagements.,” union defence ministry said in a statement.
India and Tanzania signed an MoU in 2003 for progressing activities for defence cooperation between countries.
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The Tanzanian minister will also visit Hyderabad and meet with representatives from the Indian defence industries such as Ordinance Factory Medak, Bharat Dynamics Limited and Zen Technologies Limited.
Both countries share high-level economic, business and commercial ties. They conducted the second round of Foreign Office Consultations in June this year.
They reviewed the bilateral economic, defence, people-to-people, cultural, trade and investment and other areas of mutual interest.
Singh on Wednesday addressed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) conclave in Tashkent.
He reaffirmed India is doing its bit to fight all forms of terrorism and make the region peaceful, secure and stable. SCO has China and Pakistan as its member states.
