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Army Chief to visit Israel next month
BY DANFES, AGENCY
New Delhi,Army Chief General V K Singh is scheduled to travel to Israel for a three-day visit next month when he will review the joint military programmes and seek to further enhance bilateral defence ties.
Gen Singh is scheduled to visit Israel from March 16 to 18 when he will hold talks with the top military and political leadership, Army sources told PTI here.
The Army Chief is also expected to discuss with his Israeli counterpart the future joint development of defence programmes.
Gen Singh is currently on a four-day visit to Britain from where he will return on February 20.
Three years ago, Gen Deepak Kapoor had also visited Israel.
Defence cooperation between India and Israel has been burgeoning since diplomatic relations between New Delhi and Tel Aviv were established in 1992.
The ties have become stronger in the recent times with India emerging as the largest purchaser of Israeli defence hardware since the beginning of the 21st Century.
India has inducted from Israel the PHALCON Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems that would be fitted to Indian Air Force's three IL-76 heavy lift transport aircraft.
That apart, India has brought the Green Pine radars that warn of incoming enemy ballistic missiles.
Indian Armed Forces are also users of Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles for intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance purposes.
Army Chief to visit Israel next month
On a side note- quashes sensational talk of resignation!!