India and the US will review their military ties and explore ways to further enhance ongoing exchanges — including joint exercises during Army Chief General Bikram Singh’s four-day visit to US, starting on Monday.
The defence co-operation between the two countries have rapidly increased since 2005 after signing New Framework for India-US Defence Relations and more than 30 joint exercises have taken place between till now. Defence cooperation encompasses equipment procurement, exchange of delegations, training and conduct of joint exercises and it is notable that US undertakes maximum number of joint exercises with India among all nations, officials said here.
They said Singh will visit important establishments of the US Armed Forces and meet a number of high ranking defence and civilian officials. The two sides will take stock of present engagement at army level, security situation in the Indian sub continent and fight against terrorism. Besides this, Singh will be inducted into ‘The Hall of Fame’ at the US Army War College, of which he is an alumnus having done the course in 2004, as also the recipient of the ‘International Toastmasters Award’ for Public Speaking.