Ministry of Defence

INDO-Portugal Defence Cooperation

Posted On: 03 FEB 2017 4:49PM by PIB Delhi

 

 
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Defence Cooperation between the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of India and the Ministry of National Defence of the Portuguese Republic was signed on 07.01.2017 in New Delhi. The MoU is an enabling framework which seeks to foster bilateral defence cooperation including high level, working level and educational and research oriented exchanges. This also includes exchanges of views in various areas such as security challenges, maritime security, UN peacekeeping operations and as also defence industries. 

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde and others in Lok Sabha today. 

 

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