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Government officials here said Aug. 2 that India and Maldives have agreed to increase their cooperation in defense.
The announcement followed talks here between Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Lt. Gen. Abdul Sattar Anbaree, Maldivian state minister for defense and national security.
A senior Indian Defence Ministry official said Aug. 2 that the agreement would include:
* Training at Indian facilities for defense personnel from Maldives.
* Assisting Maldivian shipbuilding efforts.
* Selling small arms and ammunition from the state-owned Ordnance Factories Board, Calcutta, at a concessional price to Maldives.
The two countries’ defense ministers also discussed establishing, with the help of Indian scientists, a dedicated military reconnaissance center on a deserted Maldivian island to monitor land, air and sea threats in the Indian Ocean. The center would analyze and update digital mapping data using pictures from India’s Terrestrial Experimental Satellite.
While he is in the Indian capital, Anbaree also will call on Indian Home Affairs Minister Shiv Raj Patil and External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh, and will visit the headquarters of the National Security Guard and Coast Guard. He also is to visit shipyards in Mumbai and Goa.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=3114079&C=asiapac
The announcement followed talks here between Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Lt. Gen. Abdul Sattar Anbaree, Maldivian state minister for defense and national security.
A senior Indian Defence Ministry official said Aug. 2 that the agreement would include:
* Training at Indian facilities for defense personnel from Maldives.
* Assisting Maldivian shipbuilding efforts.
* Selling small arms and ammunition from the state-owned Ordnance Factories Board, Calcutta, at a concessional price to Maldives.
The two countries’ defense ministers also discussed establishing, with the help of Indian scientists, a dedicated military reconnaissance center on a deserted Maldivian island to monitor land, air and sea threats in the Indian Ocean. The center would analyze and update digital mapping data using pictures from India’s Terrestrial Experimental Satellite.
While he is in the Indian capital, Anbaree also will call on Indian Home Affairs Minister Shiv Raj Patil and External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh, and will visit the headquarters of the National Security Guard and Coast Guard. He also is to visit shipyards in Mumbai and Goa.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=3114079&C=asiapac
