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7:31 CAT | 24 Jul 2017
Indian Express ( File photo) / Admiral Lanba, who also heads the powerful Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC), will be in Mozambique till Tuesday, 25 July.
India’s navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Sunday began an eight-day-long two-nation tour of Mozambique and Tanzania with an aim of exploring new avenues of bilateral defence cooperation.
There, he will hold extensive talks with national defence minister Atanásio Salvador M’tumuke, Chief of General Staff General Graça Tomás Chongo besides chiefs of the army, navy and air force of the African nation.
Admiral Sunil Lanba, chairman COSC, Chiefs of Staff Committee, and CNS, Chief of the Naval Staff, will be began his bilateral visit from Mozambique on 23 July 2017, where he is to hold bilateral discussions with Atanásio Salvador M’tumuke, Minister of National Defence, General Graça Tomás Chongo, Chief of General Staff, Maj Gen Eugènio Dias Da Silva, Commander of Mozambican Army, Rear Admiral Eugénio Dias Da Silva, Commander of Mozambican Navy, Maj Gen Andrè Niposso, Commander of Mozambican Air Force.
The Admiral is also scheduled to visit the Instituto Superior De Estudos De Defesa (ISEDEF), where he will interact with Commandant and faculty. The Admiral will also lay a wreath at the Hero’s Square.
On completion of his visit to Mozambique, the Chairman COSC and CNS is scheduled to visit Tanzania from 26 July 2017, where he is scheduled to hold bilateral discussions with His Excellency John Magafuli, President of Tanzania, Dr Hussei Mwinyi, Minister of Defence and National Service, Dr Augustine Mahiga, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gen Venance S Mabeyo, Chief of Defence Forces, as also the three Tanzanian People’s Defence Forces (TPDF) Service Chiefs.
The Admiral will visit the Command and Staff College, Arusha where he will interact with Commandant and faculty.
Indian Armed Forces cooperate with Armed Forces of Mozambique and Tanzanian on many fronts, which include Training, Hydrography, participation in each other’s Defence events etc through Joint Defence Working Group (JDWG) with Mozambique and exchange of High-level visits with Tanzania.
Source: India Bloms / First Post
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