Under the agreement, the
RSAF will have regular opportunities to train with the IAF's advanced Su-30
fighter aircraft, Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) said in a statement.
India and Singapore
have renewed a bilateral agreement that will allow Singapore’s Air Force to
continue its joint military training with Indian Air Force for another five
years, a statement said on Thursday. The bilateral agreement for the conduct of
joint military training and exercises in India between the Republic of
Singapore Air Force (RSAF) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) was concluded in 2007
and last renewed in 2012.
Under the agreement,
the RSAF will have regular opportunities to train with the IAF’s advanced Su-30
fighter aircraft, Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) said in a statement.
The renewed agreement was signed by Singapore’s Permanent Secretary for Defence
Chan Yeng Kit and India’s Defence Secretary G Mohan Kumar, and witnessed by
Singapore’s Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and India’s High Commissioner to
Singapore Jawed Ashraf here.
Kumar’s visit
reaffirms the warm and long-standing defence relations between Singapore and
India, strengthened by the revised Defence Cooperation Agreement signed in 2015
as well as the Air Force and Army Bilateral Agreements concluded in 2007 and
2008, respectively, said the statement. Kumar was on a two-day visit to Singapore
from yesterday to co-chair the 11th Singapore-India Defence Policy Dialogue
(DPD) with Chan.
Besides the DPD, the
two defence establishments also interact regularly through high-level visits,
professional exchanges and defence technology cooperation. During the dialogue,
which is a regular forum for both countries to discuss areas of defence
cooperation and strategic developments of mutual interest, both sides
underscored the “strong and growing ties” between the Singapore Armed Forces
and the Indian Armed Forces, MINDEF said.
“Kumar and Chan also
committed to strengthening bilateral defence interactions and welcomed deeper
defence cooperation for mutual benefit,” it added. The Indian defence secretary
also called on Ng today, with both parties reaffirming the strong bilateral
defence relations between both countries and discussing geopolitical and
security developments in the region, the ministry said.
Source :- Indian Express
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