India, Tanzanian officials discuss further ways to expand bilateral cooperation

"During the meeting, the two sides discussed a wide range of areas of cooperation, including growing training partnership and service-to-service, maritime & defence industry collaboration," read a statement issued by the Indian government.

The officials also reviewed the progress on decisions taken during the previous JDCCs, and explored new areas to further expand bilateral defence cooperation.

The Indian delegation, led by Joint Secretary Amitabh Prasad, included senior officials from the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces.

The High Commissioner of India to Tanzania Bishwadip Dey also attended the meeting.

The Tanzanian delegation was led by Land Forces Commander Maj Gen Fadhil Omary Nondo.

As part of the tour, the Tanzanian delegation will visit Goa Shipyard Ltd to get first-hand experience of India’s capabilities in port development and shipbuilding.

The delegation is also scheduled to visit INS Hansa and National Institute of Hydrography in Goa.

"India shares close, warm and friendly relations with Tanzania which are bolstered by robust capacity building & avenues for developing partnership. The two countries have a five-year roadmap to guide defence cooperation," read the statement issued by the MEA.