TIL Desk/National/Hanoi/ India and Vietnam on Tuesday signed an MoU on mutual logistics support, the first such major agreement Hanoi has inked with any country towards simplifying procedures for mutually-beneficial logistic support as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held wide-ranging discussions with General Phan Van Giang on “effective and practical initiatives” to further bolster defence engagements.
Singh, who is in the key Southeast Asian country on a three-day visit from June 8, received a guard of honour at the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defence of Vietnam. Singh was also accorded a grand welcome by General Giang. Wide-ranging discussions on effective and practical initiatives to further expand bilateral defence engagements and regional and global issues were held between the two sides, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
The two defence ministers also signed the Joint Vision Statement on India-Vietnam Defence Partnership towards 2030′, which will significantly enhance the scope and scale of existing defence cooperation, at a time when China is flexing its muscles in the strategic Indo-Pacific region. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Mutual Logistics Support was inked in the presence of both the ministers, the release said.