NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, OCT 17
Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar conducted a series of bilateral meetings with visiting dignitaries from friendly foreign countries prior to DefExpo 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. He held a bilateral meeting with Premitha Bandara Tennakoon, State Minister for Defence, Sri Lanka. They discussed a host of ongoing and future defence cooperation issues.
Met Rear Admiral VagnerBelarmino De Oliveira, Director, Department of Defence Products Brazil on sidelines of #DefExpo2022
He showed tremendous interest in defence industry cooperation pic.twitter.com/0R29P2gSm0— Ajay Kumar (@drajaykumar_ias) October 17, 2022
Bilateral Meeting -HE Matar Salem Ali Marran Aldhaheri, Defence Secretary UAE on the sidelines of #DefExpo2022
Discussed defence cooperation in various areas including cooperation in defence industry pic.twitter.com/uwB5nx6tnl— Ajay Kumar (@drajaykumar_ias) October 17, 2022
Sri Lanka and India are maritime neighbors and have historic relations. Welcome the Sri Lankan MOS Defence to Defexpo2022 at Gandhinagar. Disc various projects of defence cooperation#DefExpo2022 pic.twitter.com/7wtaiFqA9X
— Ajay Kumar (@drajaykumar_ias) October 17, 2022
The Defence Secretary also met Devendre Gopaul, Permanent Secretary, Mauritius. A number of key bilateral, defence and maritime security issues were deliberated during the meeting. Another bilateral meeting with the United Arab Emirates delegation led by Matar Salem Ali Marran Aldhaheri, Defence Secretary, UAE was held. They reviewed the existing defence cooperation mechanisms and explored the possibilities of furthering defence industrial cooperation between India and UAE.
Dr Ajay Kumar later met a Brazilian delegation led by Rear Admiral Vagner Belarmino De Oliveira, Director, Department of Defence Products. They discussed areas of potential defence industrial cooperation between the two countries.
The delegations are in Gandhinagar to participate in DefExpo 2022 which will be held between October 18-22, 2022.
