PTI, Tashkent, Nov. 7. (PTI): Uzbekistan is keen on close defence cooperation with India in combating the common threat of terrorism faced by the two nations, Uzbek Defence Minister, Kodir Gulomov, told visiting External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, during their meeting today.
Gulomov has expressed Tashkent's 'keen desire' to expand a defence relationship with New Delhi, sources said adding, he told Sinha that due to a common terror-threat, defence relationship between the two countries 'must' be expanded to include joint war games and counter-terror exercises to induct new techniques and technologies.
Uzbekistan is also for closer R&D in defence related projects.
In the course of his three-day visit, Sinha visited the local aircraft plant currently completing Indian Air Force's order for the supply of 6 Ilyushin mid-air refuellers for the Russian made Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighter jets.
