Detailed deliberations were held to expand the scope of engagement and cooperation in areas such as military, training, defence industry, R&D etc, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.
The Kenyan delegation has met Indian defence industry representatives in Delhi. The delegation is also slated to visit Pune where they would interact with representatives of defence industries to get first-hand experience of their capabilities.
The defence minister’s meeting with the US Secretary of Defence will be held on 5 June while talks with the German minister will take place the next day.
The United States and Papua New Guinea have signed a new bilateral defence cooperation agreement amid increasing China's assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, CNN reported.
The defence minister, who is on a three-day visit to the island, has met a galaxy of leaders in the Maldives and visited projects undertaken there with India's assistance.
The seventh India-Japan Defence Policy Dialogue was held in New Delhi against the backdrop of China's aggressive posturing on territorial and maritime disputes.
Australia-India defence cooperation has been on an upward trajectory with a series of diverse engagements at different levels, in various domains.
Steps are being taken to further deepen defence cooperation with countries in the continent: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
The meeting was co-chaired by Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and the Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of Defence, Maj Gen (Retd) Amir Eshel.
Friday's meeting of the US-India Defence Policy Group (DPG) co-chaired by India's Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar and Colin Kahl, the US Under Secretary for Defence Policy "discussed opportunities for enhanced cooperation with like-minded partners to sustain a free and open Indo-Pacific"
