India, South Africa discuss enhanced defence synergy
India and South Africa on Monday discussed enhanced defence cooperation including training and regular exchange of personnel.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: In an effort to put military-to- military ties back on track following the controversy over purchase of weapons from a South African firm, India and South Africa on Monday discussed enhanced defence cooperation including training and regular exchange of personnel.
The issue came during talks that visiting South African Army Chief Lt Gen Solly Zacharia Shoke held with his Indian Counterpart Gen J J Singh.
"Discussions focused on enhancing defence cooperation, defence industry ties as well as boosting training and regular exchanges of personnel", an army spokesman said.
India and South Africa had signed a Memorandum of Understanding on defence cooperation in 2000. However, military-to-military ties were affected when South Afircan defence company Denel was blacklisted after alleged complaints of involvement in charges of payoffs in a deal for supply of anti-material rifles to the Indian army.
This also led to scrapping of the deal in which Denel was planning in close collobration with DRDO to cooperate on major production of mounted 155mm guns with India.
The issue came during talks that visiting South African Army Chief Lt Gen Solly Zacharia Shoke held with his Indian Counterpart Gen J J Singh.
"Discussions focused on enhancing defence cooperation, defence industry ties as well as boosting training and regular exchanges of personnel", an army spokesman said.
India and South Africa had signed a Memorandum of Understanding on defence cooperation in 2000. However, military-to-military ties were affected when South Afircan defence company Denel was blacklisted after alleged complaints of involvement in charges of payoffs in a deal for supply of anti-material rifles to the Indian army.
This also led to scrapping of the deal in which Denel was planning in close collobration with DRDO to cooperate on major production of mounted 155mm guns with India.
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