India and South Africa signed two agreements in the field of submarine cooperation during a meeting of the 9th Joint Defense Committee (JDC) held in Johannesburg in South Africa on Monday and Tuesday.
Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh led the Indian delegation for the meeting, during which he highlighted India’s increasing skills in defense manufacturing and exports and reiterated India’s commitment to strengthen relations with South Africa.
The statement of the Ministry of Defense said that areas of mutual interest were discussed and further identified to strengthen India-South Africa relations.
“The Defense Secretary recalled historical relations with South Africa and expressed satisfaction on the significant progress made in bilateral defense cooperation,” said this.
The South African side was led by the Defense Secretary, Dr. Thobekel was led by Gamde. The ministry’s statement stated that the meeting began with the comments of the two co-heads, which establish the agenda and provide a comprehensive guidance to the two sub-committees reporting to the JDC.
Two sub-committees on defense policy and military cooperation; And defense acquisition, production, research and development reported the result of discussion on JDC.
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