The proposed official trip of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to UAE on Tuesday night has been delayed due to certain scheduling issues and he will now travel to Oman on May 20 and then to the Emirates.
Defence sources said Parrikar will first travel to Oman where he will hold talks with the country’s top leadership. He will then visit UAE on May 22-23, they said.
Parrikar would be the first Indian Defence Minister to travel to UAE. Parrikar’s visit to the country comes just ahead of an air exercise being held between the air force of the two countries this month. Indian fighter planes will stop by in UAE on the way back from the Red Flag air exercise in the US.