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| Army Chief's week-long visit to Russia from tomorrow | | |
Moscow, Aug 19 As part of "unprecedented" military-to-military ties, Chief of the Army Staff, General Joginder Jaswant Singh, is arriving here tomorrow on a week- long visit during which he is expected to take up the issues of spares and after-sales-service of Russian-origin hardware being used by Indian Army.
During his first visit to Russia as Army Chief at the invitation of Commander-in-Chief of Russian Land Forces, Colonel General Alexei Maslov, General Singh is scheduled to hold parleys with senior military officials, including Chief of the General Staff of the Defence Ministry and visit several military bases and installations.
Although the Army Chief's visit is projected as part of the customary "military-diplomatic" ties between the two nations, General Singh is expected to strongly take up the issues of spares and after-sales-service of the Russian-origin hardware as the Indian Army has over 80 per cent Soviet or Russian origin arms in its arsenal.
Expanding of service-to-service ties between India and Russia, including a joint exercise among Indian, Russian and NATO special forces next year on the Russian soil, are also expected to be discussed by the Army Chief in Moscow.
Earlier this summer, Chiefs of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi and Naval Staff, Admiral Arun Prakash had visited Russia. |
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