NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, NOV 14
Army Chief General MM Naravane on Sunday left for Israel on a five-day visit to further strengthen India’s defence and security cooperation with the Jewish state.
He will meet Sr #military & civilian leadership, discuss avenues for enhancing #Defence relations & take forward excellent bilateral defence #cooperation through multiple meetings & exchange views on defence issues
Will interact with Service Chiefs & visit @IDF HQ@BBC @ANI @AP pic.twitter.com/gWYcausDpG
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) November 14, 2021
This is his first visit to Israel from November 15 to November 19.
During the visit, he will be meeting the country’s senior military and civilian leadership where he will discuss avenues for further enhancing Indo-Israel defence relations.
The Army Chief will take forward the excellent bilateral defence cooperation between Israel and India through multiple meetings with senior officials of the security establishment and exchange views on various defence related issues. He will interact with the service chiefs and visit the headquarters of the Ground Forces element of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).
The visit by the Army chief comes weeks after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar travelled to Israel to explore ways to boost strategic ties.
Officials said Gen Naravane will hold wide-ranging talks with the top military brass of Israel on boosting overall military cooperation between the two countries.
In reflection of growing bilateral defence ties, India and Israel on Tuesday inked an agreement to jointly develop next-generation technologies and products such as drones, robotics, artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
