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Army aviation unit heads to Congo
New Delhi: An Indian Army aviation unit, comprising six light helicopters and 70 personnel, will leave Wednesday for a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Congo’s restive Kivu province.
Ahead of their departure, the team was flagged off here Tuesday. The contingent, led by Colonel Shantanu Kashyap, will stay in the Congo for one year.
The Indian Army aviation contingent, with its Chetak and Cheetah helicopters, will provide air support to the UN peacekeepers, including border and field surveillance, observation and reconnaissance, medical transport and search and rescue flights.
The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo came into effect on September 3, 1999.
Army aviation unit heads to Congo | StratPost
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Army chief visiting Mongolia
New Delhi: Seeking to expand India’s defense ties with Mongolia, army chief General Vijay Kumar Singh Tuesday left for Ulan Bator on a three-day visit, during which he will interact with the security and political top brass of the Central Asian country.
Singh, who will have a brief stop over in Chinese capital Beijing before proceeding towards Ulan Bator, will be the first Indian Army chief after General N.C. Vij to visit the Mongolian capital.
“The visit is taking place after a gap of seven years and is aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and defense cooperation,” an army release said here.
President Prathiba Patil visited Mongolia in July, when a number of important issues were addressed.
“The current visit by the army chief highlights India’s desire to build trust, further people to people contact and defense cooperation. It will have a high military symbolism of solidarity with Mongolia, as it celebrates a hundred years of Mongolian liberation and ninety years of formation of the Mongolian armed forces,” the release said.
During the visit, General Singh will be interacting with Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj and Mongolian armed forces’ Chief of General Staff Byambajav Tserendejid, and will be attending the centenary celebrations of Mongolia’s liberation.
India and Mongolia already have an established military training cooperation which includes the conduct of joint exercises and training of Mongolian armed forces in Indian military establishments.
India has also provided other forms of assistance, like non-lethal military equipment for the Mongolian armed forces in UN assignments.
New Delhi: An Indian Army aviation unit, comprising six light helicopters and 70 personnel, will leave Wednesday for a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Congo’s restive Kivu province.
Ahead of their departure, the team was flagged off here Tuesday. The contingent, led by Colonel Shantanu Kashyap, will stay in the Congo for one year.
The Indian Army aviation contingent, with its Chetak and Cheetah helicopters, will provide air support to the UN peacekeepers, including border and field surveillance, observation and reconnaissance, medical transport and search and rescue flights.
The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo came into effect on September 3, 1999.
Army aviation unit heads to Congo | StratPost
---------- Post added at 12:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:28 PM ----------
Army chief visiting Mongolia
New Delhi: Seeking to expand India’s defense ties with Mongolia, army chief General Vijay Kumar Singh Tuesday left for Ulan Bator on a three-day visit, during which he will interact with the security and political top brass of the Central Asian country.
Singh, who will have a brief stop over in Chinese capital Beijing before proceeding towards Ulan Bator, will be the first Indian Army chief after General N.C. Vij to visit the Mongolian capital.
“The visit is taking place after a gap of seven years and is aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and defense cooperation,” an army release said here.
President Prathiba Patil visited Mongolia in July, when a number of important issues were addressed.
“The current visit by the army chief highlights India’s desire to build trust, further people to people contact and defense cooperation. It will have a high military symbolism of solidarity with Mongolia, as it celebrates a hundred years of Mongolian liberation and ninety years of formation of the Mongolian armed forces,” the release said.
During the visit, General Singh will be interacting with Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj and Mongolian armed forces’ Chief of General Staff Byambajav Tserendejid, and will be attending the centenary celebrations of Mongolia’s liberation.
India and Mongolia already have an established military training cooperation which includes the conduct of joint exercises and training of Mongolian armed forces in Indian military establishments.
India has also provided other forms of assistance, like non-lethal military equipment for the Mongolian armed forces in UN assignments.
