Army chief on four-day trip to Australia
By IANSFriday, August 20, 2010
NEW DELHI - Indian Army Chief General V.K. Singh Monday left for Australia on a four-day visit that is expected to boost defence cooperation between the two countries.
During his trip, Singh will hold talks Australian Defence Secretary Ian Watt and Australia’s Chief of Defence Forces, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston.
The army chief will also hold talks with his Australian counterpart Lt. Gen. Ken Gillespie and would be presented with guard of honour at Canberra.
He will visit training institutions, service headquarters and various operational units.
India and Australia share mutual interests of maritime security, counter terrorism, disarmament, non-proliferation, peacekeeping and disaster management and are members of Commonwealth, UN, Indian Ocean Region-Alliance of Regional Countries (IOR-ARC), ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and are dialogue partners with ASEAN.
