India and Thailand on Monday pledged to take bilateral Defence ties to greater heights, calling for cooperation in several areas including disaster management, information exchange and “sea migration”. Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha who is here on an official visit held talks with Gen Worapong Sanganetra, Chief of Defence Forces of Thailand, Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Air Force Treetod Sonjance and Gen Udomdej Sitabutr, Thai Deputy Minister of Defence.
The two sides agreed that cooperation should be increased with the Bay of Bengal countries to deal with the serious issue of sea migration.