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Poland keen to sell tank recovery vehicles to India
As Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk flies into New Delhi tomorrow, India is said to be mulling over Polands offer to supply to it tank recovery vehicles. The Indo-Polish defence cooperation will figure prominently during talks between the visiting dignitary and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here tomorrow.
Defence Minister A K Antony will be part of the Indian delegation at the talks, signally the importance India attaches to burgeoning defence relationship with Poland.
MEA officials say that since most of the Indian military hardware was acquired in the 1970s from the then Soviet Union, Poland, which was a key ally of the USSR, had the spares and the technology for upgrading the equipment with the Indian forces.
The proposal for selling tank recovery vehicles was made by Poland during Antonys visit to Warsaw in April for a meeting of the joint working group (JWG) on defence cooperation between the two countries.
A tank recovery vehicle is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to repair battle or mine damaged as well as broken down vehicles during combat operations, or to tow them out of the danger zone for more extensive repairs.
Apart from making these vehicles available to India, Poland has shown interest in providing to New Delhi its sophisticated military hardware upgradation and maintenance technology. It is also interested in joint ventures with Indian companies.
In fact, one Polish company was already in talks with an Indian company, the officials said but declined to give any further details. The two sides have also been discussing various other defence-related issues, particularly joint training programmes.
Poland can help India upgrade Indian T-72 tanks, BMP II infantry combat vehicles and a variety of air defence systems purchased from the former Soviet Union.
But more than defence ties, it is the prospect of a quantum jump in economic ties with Poland that excites New Delhi. Poland, a key member of the European Union (EU), is considered by India as a gateway to Europe and Central Asia.
Ahead of his talks with Manmohan Singh, the Polish PM will address a meeting of captains of the Indian industry to seek Indian investments in his country. Poland, which will acquire the Presidency of the EU in the second half of the next year, also wants the grouping to expedite the free trade agreement (FTA) with India.
Though the two sides have been discussing cooperation in different areas, only one accord will be signed tomorrow a cultural exchange programme. Possibilities of exploring economic cooperation in food processing industry and higher education are also on the agenda of the two sides.
ASIAN DEFENCE: Poland Keen to Sell Tank Recovery Vehicles
As Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk flies into New Delhi tomorrow, India is said to be mulling over Polands offer to supply to it tank recovery vehicles. The Indo-Polish defence cooperation will figure prominently during talks between the visiting dignitary and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here tomorrow.
Defence Minister A K Antony will be part of the Indian delegation at the talks, signally the importance India attaches to burgeoning defence relationship with Poland.
MEA officials say that since most of the Indian military hardware was acquired in the 1970s from the then Soviet Union, Poland, which was a key ally of the USSR, had the spares and the technology for upgrading the equipment with the Indian forces.
The proposal for selling tank recovery vehicles was made by Poland during Antonys visit to Warsaw in April for a meeting of the joint working group (JWG) on defence cooperation between the two countries.
A tank recovery vehicle is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to repair battle or mine damaged as well as broken down vehicles during combat operations, or to tow them out of the danger zone for more extensive repairs.
Apart from making these vehicles available to India, Poland has shown interest in providing to New Delhi its sophisticated military hardware upgradation and maintenance technology. It is also interested in joint ventures with Indian companies.
In fact, one Polish company was already in talks with an Indian company, the officials said but declined to give any further details. The two sides have also been discussing various other defence-related issues, particularly joint training programmes.
Poland can help India upgrade Indian T-72 tanks, BMP II infantry combat vehicles and a variety of air defence systems purchased from the former Soviet Union.
But more than defence ties, it is the prospect of a quantum jump in economic ties with Poland that excites New Delhi. Poland, a key member of the European Union (EU), is considered by India as a gateway to Europe and Central Asia.
Ahead of his talks with Manmohan Singh, the Polish PM will address a meeting of captains of the Indian industry to seek Indian investments in his country. Poland, which will acquire the Presidency of the EU in the second half of the next year, also wants the grouping to expedite the free trade agreement (FTA) with India.
Though the two sides have been discussing cooperation in different areas, only one accord will be signed tomorrow a cultural exchange programme. Possibilities of exploring economic cooperation in food processing industry and higher education are also on the agenda of the two sides.
ASIAN DEFENCE: Poland Keen to Sell Tank Recovery Vehicles
