Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Tanzanian counterpart, agree on Task Force to enhance cooperation
- Rajnath invites Tanzanian counterpart for DefExpo 2022 to be held in October
New Delhi. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held bilateral talks with Tanzanian Minister of Defence and National Service Stergomena Lawrence Tax in New Delhi on August 26 during which a wide range of issues on bilateral, regional and defence industrial cooperation were discussed.
The two ministers 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 both the countries and to hold the next Joint Defence Cooperation meeting in Tanzania at an early date.
Rajnath Singh also invited his Tanzanian counterpart to the India-Africa Defence Dialogue and DefExpo which is scheduled to be held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat between October 18-22.
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 also accorded a Ceremonial Guard of Honour before her bilateral meeting with Rajnath Singh.
Tax would be visiting the Wargaming Development Centre and Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region before departing for Hyderabad for interaction with Indian defence industries.
