Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday held bilateral talks with his Tanzanian counterpart, Stergomena Lawrence Tax, in Delhi.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held bilateral talks with Tanzanian Minister of Defence and National Service, Stergomena Lawrence Tax, in Delhi on Friday. The two discussed a wide range of issues concerning bilateral, regional and defence industrial cooperation during the meeting.
They also reviewed the existing military-to-military activities and discussed ways to enhance cooperation in all domains with a focus on defence industry cooperation.
Both the ministers agreed to the formation of a task force to prepare a five-year future road map for enhancing defence cooperation between the two countries. They also decided to hold the next joint defence cooperation meeting in Tanzania at the earliest.
Rajnath Singh also invited Lawrence Tax to the India-Africa Defence Dialogue and DefExpo which is scheduled to be held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat between October 18 to 22.
Earlier in the day, the Tanzanian minister visited the National War Memorial and paid homage to the fallen heroes by laying a wreath at the monument. She was accorded a ceremonial guard of honour before her bilateral meeting with Rajnath Singh.
Lawrence Tax will be visiting the Wargaming Development Centre and Information Fusion Centre Indian Ocean Region before departing for Hyderabad to interact with the Indian defence industries.
