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India, Germany to enhance defence co-operation2006-09-02 Just after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Berlin that brought an upswing in bilateral ties, specially in the area of high technology cooperation, India and Germany are all set to sign their first-ever joint defence cooperation agreement.This crucial agreement, to be signed during the visit of Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee to Germany and France beginning Sunday, would provide India access to German hi-tech weapons technology and facilitate intensive interaction between the armed forces of the two countries. 'The agreement will open doors of German technology transfer to India and provide the framework for holding joint naval exercises and more interaction between the armed forces of the two countries,' a defence ministry spokesman said here. Besides meeting Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung and Minister for Technology and Economics Michael Gloss, Mukherjee would also address the top brass of German defence industries. The minister would also pay homage at Zehrensdorf Indian cemetery where graves of 206 Indian soldiers, who died as prisoners during the First World War, lie. The minister would hold talks with his French counterpart Michele Aliottee and is likely to use this meeting to allay anxieties in the armament industry about the growing India-US defence ties. They might discuss the possibility of India buying French nuclear equipment and technology after the India-US nuclear deal is cleared by the US Congress and approved unanimously by the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group. Mukherjee would also meet top CEOs of defence firms, including the European consortium EADS, Thales and Aviation giant Dassault, at a round table. The Indian delegation accompanying Mukherjee also comprises S. Banerjee, Director General Acquisition, Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff Lt. Gen. H.S. Lidder, eminent missile scientist Prahlada, Sujata Singh, joint secretary in the external affairs ministry and Gautam Chatterji, joint secretary in the defence ministry. Sponsored Links
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