Rajnath Singh to make first-ever go to by Indian Defence Minister to Nigeria
3 min readBy Express News Service
NEW DELHI: India is fixed to strengthen its relationships with African nations, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh scheduled to go to Nigeria between May 28-30.
Rajnath will attend the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29. He will even meet the outgoing Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari all through a reception hosted by him on May 28.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) in a press launch said, “This will be the first-ever visit of an Indian Defence Minister to Nigeria. The Defence Minister’s visit will be an important landmark in building the strong bonds of friendship between the two countries.”
Considering the rising defence cooperation between India and Nigeria, senior officers of the MoD and excessive leaders of important defence PSUs will accompany Rajnath.
“They will hold meetings with representatives from the Nigerian industry and the Armed Forces to identify the equipment and platforms, through which the Indian defence industry can support the country’s requirements,” the MoD added.
Nigeria has an estimated 50,000 members of the Indian group. Rajnath will cope with the Indian diaspora at Abuja by the go to.
India has been taking initiatives to strengthen India-Africa ties. It hosted the first nine-day India-African Chiefs Conclave in Pune in March throughout which chiefs of over 20 African armies took half.
The inaugural Africa-India Field Training Exercise-2019 was moreover held in Pune, with 20 African nations collaborating. Continuing with India’s cope with strengthening the defence ties, an similar conclave was held on the sidelines of the DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow. The Lucknow Declaration was issued that laid down the long term path of cooperation between India and African nations throughout the defence sphere. Building on the Lucknow declaration, the India-Africa defence dialogue was started at Gandhinagar on the sidelines of DefExpo 2022.
Fifty African nations, along with 20 Defence Ministers, seven CDS/service chiefs and eight eternal secretaries participated throughout the dialogue testifying to the extreme priority accorded to India-Africa engagement in defence and security.
NEW DELHI: India is fixed to strengthen its relationships with African nations, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh scheduled to go to Nigeria between May 28-30.
Rajnath will attend the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29. He will even meet the outgoing Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari all through a reception hosted by him on May 28.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) in a press launch said, “This will be the first-ever visit of an Indian Defence Minister to Nigeria. The Defence Minister’s visit will be an important landmark in building the strong bonds of friendship between the two countries.”googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Considering the rising defence cooperation between India and Nigeria, senior officers of the MoD and excessive leaders of important defence PSUs will accompany Rajnath.
“They will hold meetings with representatives from the Nigerian industry and the Armed Forces to identify the equipment and platforms, through which the Indian defence industry can support the country’s requirements,” the MoD added.
Nigeria has an estimated 50,000 members of the Indian group. Rajnath will cope with the Indian diaspora at Abuja by the go to.
India has been taking initiatives to strengthen India-Africa ties. It hosted the first nine-day India-African Chiefs Conclave in Pune in March throughout which chiefs of over 20 African armies took half.
The inaugural Africa-India Field Training Exercise-2019 was moreover held in Pune, with 20 African nations collaborating. Continuing with India’s cope with strengthening the defence ties, an similar conclave was held on the sidelines of the DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow. The Lucknow Declaration was issued that laid down the long term path of cooperation between India and African nations throughout the defence sphere. Building on the Lucknow declaration, the India-Africa defence dialogue was started at Gandhinagar on the sidelines of DefExpo 2022.
Fifty African nations, along with 20 Defence Ministers, seven CDS/service chiefs and eight eternal secretaries participated throughout the dialogue testifying to the extreme priority accorded to India-Africa engagement in defence and security.
