India and Israel Tuesday signed a pact on defence cooperation that seeks to provide a unified vision and policy direction to deepen the already strong ties between the two countries, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.

The MoU was signed during the 17th meeting of Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation, co-chaired by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Director General of Israeli Ministry of Defense Maj Gen (Res) Amir Baram in Tel Aviv, the statement said.

The statement noted that a wide range of areas for cooperation have been identified in the MoU that will benefit both countries, which include strategic dialogues of mutual interest, training, defence industrial cooperation, and capabilities including science and technology, research & development, and technolog

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