Billionaire Anil Ambani has evinced interest in partnership with firms from UAE for defence manufacturing.
Ambani met UAE Prime Minister and Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum yesterday on the sideline of the ‘International Defence Exhibition and Conference, IDEX 2017, one of the biggest international Defence shows underway in Abu Dhabi.
Discussions covered business opportunities for both sides, particularly in the defence sector, sources said.
Prospects of partnership and collaboration between Indian and UAE companies were discussed so as to provide a boost to the defence production in both the counties, the said.
The meeting followed Ambani’s Reliance Defence recently signing MoU with Strata Manufacturing, the advanced composite aero-structures firm, wholly owned by Mubadala Development Company of the United Arab Emirates.
The two firms have collaborated to explore mutual cooperation in the field of advanced aerospace manufacturing capabilities between India and the UAE.