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Senior officials from the Indian and Russian armed forces reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral defence cooperation and explored new opportunities for collaboration and knowledge exchange during a meeting held in New Delhi.
The discussions took place at the Manekshaw Centre on October 28–29 as part of the 5th Meeting of the Working Group on Military Cooperation under the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-M&MTC). Officials said the meeting reviewed ongoing defence cooperation plans and assessed progress across various areas of partnership.
”Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to elevating the India-Russia #DefenceCooperation, paving the way for focused engagements, enhanced training exchanges and new initiatives under the Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership,” the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS) said in a post on X.
The meeting was co-chaired by Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit and Head of Delegation, Deputy Chief of Main Operations, Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, Lt Gen Dylevsky Igor Nikolayevich, the defence ministry said.
”The discussions focused on strengthening the ongoing defence engagements between the two sides and mulled on new initiatives under the ambit of the existing bilateral cooperation mechanism,” it said.
The Working Group meeting is a forum established to progress defence cooperation between the two countries through regular interaction between Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff and Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation of Ministry of Defence, Russia, it said.
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More ShortsThe Working Group reviewed the current defence cooperation plans and explored new avenues for collaboration and knowledge-sharing, the HQ IDS said.
With inputs from agencies