Defence secretary leaves on a 5-day visit to the US
28 Oct 2014 6:03 AM IST
Defence secretary RK Mathur on Monday left on a five-day visit to the US for the meeting of the Defence Policy Group, a high-level decision-making body for US-India defence cooperation.
The meeting comes less than a month after India and the United States ‘in principle’ agreed to renew for 10 more years the 2005 Framework for the US-India Defence Relationship.
During the meeting, the two sides would review the defence ties and are likely to discuss issues, including the situation in the region in particular in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The visit of RK Mathur also comes days just two days after India decided to buy 8,356 Spike anti-tank guided missiles and 321 launchers from Israel for Rs 3,200 crore, rejecting the United States offer of Javelin missiles that Washington was lobbying hard for.
The meeting comes less than a month after India and the United States ‘in principle’ agreed to renew for 10 more years the 2005 Framework for the US-India Defence Relationship.
During the meeting, the two sides would review the defence ties and are likely to discuss issues, including the situation in the region in particular in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The visit of RK Mathur also comes days just two days after India decided to buy 8,356 Spike anti-tank guided missiles and 321 launchers from Israel for Rs 3,200 crore, rejecting the United States offer of Javelin missiles that Washington was lobbying hard for.
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