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India, Vietnam to jointly train pilots, collaborate in shipbuilding

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 12/1/2020 12:33:18 PM

New Delhi, Nov 30 This was one of the key outcomes of the virtual meet between India's defence minister Rajnath Singh and Vietnamese defence minister General Ngo Xuan Lich that took place on Friday As part of increased defence cooperation, India & Vietnam have agreed on joint training of pilots by the respective Air Forces and training of forces to be deployed in UN Peacekeeping missions. This was one of the key outcomes of the virtual meet between India's defence minister Rajnath Singh and Vietnamese defence minister General Ngo Xuan Lich that took place on Friday. A readout of the meet from Indian defence ministry said both ministers, "discussed various ongoing projects and the future trajectory of bilateral Defence engagements...(and) expressed satisfaction that despite the COVID-19 situation Defence exchanges between both Armed Forces have maintained positive momentum.". Both countries are also looking at collaborating in a number of domains of defence cooperation like shipbuilding, surface and subsurface capacities like submarines at sea. New Delhi has already extended defence Lines of Credit worth USD 600 million to strengthen Vietnam’s domestic defence manufacturing. The release explained out, "Ministers discussed collaboration in Defence Industry capability building, training and cooperation in UN Peacekeeping Operations" India assured Vietnam, a key partner in Indo-Pacific that it remains committed to the modernization of the Vietnamese Armed Forces during. Both