Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Mongolian counterpart Saikhanbayar Gursed here on Tuesday and discussed ways to add further momentum to defence cooperation between the two countries.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will embark on a five-day visit to Mongolia and Japan on Monday with an aim to expand India’s strategic and defence ties with the two countries in the backdrop of evolving regional security matrix and geo-political turmoil.
Uniindia: New Delhi, Sep 4 (UNI) In a bid to give push to strategic partnership with East Asian countries, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will pay an official visit to Mongolia from September 5-7.
New Delhi, Sep. 4 (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will embark on a five-day visit to Mongolia and Japan beginning Monday with an aim to expand India’s strategic and defence ties with the two countries in the backdrop of evolving regional security matrix and geo-political turmoil. Singh’s visit to Mongolia from September 5 to 7 will be the first-ever tour to the East Asian country by an Indian defence minister. In Japan, Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will join their Japanese counterparts under the framework of ‘2+2’ foreign and defence ministerial dialogue, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. From Mongolia, the defence minister will travel to Japan for a two-day visit from September 8 to 9. The ‘2+2’ dialogue is set to take place on September 8. The dialogue is taking place over five months after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited India for the annual India-Japan summit. At the summit in New Delhi, Kishi