New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) India and Israel on Tuesday signed a defence pact that will facilitate sharing of advanced technologies and promote co-development and co-production of key weapon systems and military hardware, in a major move to further bolster their already robust strategic ties.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Tel Aviv following a meeting of India-Israel joint working group (JWG) on defence cooperation.

The MoU on defence cooperation was signed to provide a “unified vision and policy direction to deepen the already strong defence cooperation between the two countries," the defence ministry said.

“India-Israel defence partnership is long-standing based on deep mutual trust and shared security interests," it said.

The ministry said a wide range of areas for c

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