New Delhi: India-Africa Defence Dialogue is scheduled to be held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat in March 2022 on the sidelines of the DefExpo. The broad theme of this bilateral dialogue will be ‘India – Africa: Adopting Strategy for Synergizing and Strengthening Defence and Security Cooperation'. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will host the Defence Ministers of African Nations in the dialogue.
Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses shall be the knowledge partner of India-Africa Defence Dialogue and will assist in providing necessary support for enhanced defence cooperation between the two nations.
In furtherance of the declaration and in consultation with stakeholders, India proposes to institutionalize the India-Africa Defence Dialogue during successive DefExpos to be held once every two years. The institutionalization of the discussion will help to build on the existing partnerships between African countries & India and to explore new areas of convergence for mutual engagements including areas like capacity building, training, cyber security, maritime security and counter-terrorism, attributed to the statement