A Bilateral Agreement for Navy Cooperation with Singapore was signed on 29th November 2017 during the visit of Defence Minister of Singapore to India.  The Agreement envisages enhanced defence cooperation with Singapore through information sharing, conduct of joint activities such as naval exercises, as well as expert level exchanges on specialised issues such as submarine operational safety between the navies by the two countries.  The Agreement thus provides     a framework to develop deeper cooperation with Singaore on maritime security, maritime domain awareness, as well as provision of mutual logistics support.     

      This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri C. Mahendran in Lok Sabha today.

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