In an effort to further strengthen defence and strategic ties between the two countries, Army Chief General MM Naravane will hold talks with his Israeli counterparts on bilateral issues during his visit commencing Sunday.
The visit comes weeks after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar travelled to Israel to explore ways to boost strategic ties. In August, then IAF Chief R K S Bhadauria had also travelled to Israel.
“General MM Naravane #COAS proceeded on a five-day visit to #Israel.
The visit aims to further strengthen strategic defence cooperation between both countries,” the Army said in a tweet.
Officials said Naravane will hold wide-ranging talks with the top military brass of Israel on boosting overall military cooperation between the two countries.
In reflection of growing bilateral defence ties, India and Israel on Tuesday last week had inked an agreement to jointly develop next-generation technologies and products such as drones, robotics, artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
India has been a major buyer of Israel’s military hardware. Israel has been supplying various weapon systems, missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles to India over the last few years.
In fact, Israel has emerged as one of the biggest defence partners of India since diplomatic ties were established between the two countries in early 1990s.