Indian High Commission in Dar es Salaam organised a Mini-DefExpo in Dar-es-Salaam. 16 Indian companies (7 from government sector and 9 from private sector) participated in the event.
The Indian delegation was led by Anurag Bajpai, Joint Secretary, Indian Ministry of Defence.
Minister of Defence of Tanzania Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax was the Chief Guest and she inaugurated the event. During her speech Dr Tax encouraged TPDF and Indian Partners to work together in open mind and develop partnership.
Chief of Staff of TPDF Lt . Gen. ME Mkinguke and senior leadership TPDF were also present. COS Lt Gen Mkingule recollected historical relations between India and Tanzania and added that bilateral Defence cooperation has much larger potential.
The seminar was followed by one to one meetings/session between companies representatives and TPDF officers.
The Indian companies who participated in the event are
, , BDL, AVNL, MDL, , L&T, Ashok Leylands, Bharat Forge, Ideaforge Technology, Tata Advanced Systems, Adani Defence, , MKU Ltd, Tunga Aerospace, AWEIL,
It may be noted that India and Tanzania have long standing defence cooperation in areas of trading, capacity building and equipment supply.
Recently in the first week of May Deputy NSA Vikram Misri had visited Tanzania during which he had met Defence & Foreign Ministers and TPDF officials.
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