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Swedish Defence Minister holds talks with Parrikar on defence cooperation

| | Jun 11, 2015, at 09:52 pm
New Delhi, June 11(IBNS) : Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist is on an official visit to India from 9-12 June 2015. The visit has been scheduled soon after the recently concluded visit of the President Pranab Mukherjee to Sweden, when both sides concluded 24 MoUs for cooperation in various fields.

Hultqvist met the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar here, on Wednesday.

During the meeting both sides discussed issues of mutual interests concerning bilateral defence cooperation and regional security scenario.

Both sides exchanged views on rising scourge of terrorism and agreed to cooperate in this regard. The issue of participation of Swedish
firms in defence manufacturing in India under the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative was also discussed by both sides. They agreed to continue
to explore opportunities for enhancing cooperation between defence establishments of both sides in mutually agreed areas.

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