Kyrgyz Armed Forces chief on visit to India

New Delhi Nov 27 (IANS) Chief of General Staff of Kyrgyz Republic s Armed Forces Gen. Raimberdi Duishenbiyev who is on a visit to India met army chief Gen. Bipin Rawat on Monday.

Gen. Duishenbiyev was also accorded a guard of honour in the lawns of South Block which homes the Defence Ministry and later laid a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate.

He has also been invited as Reviewing Officer of the Passing Out Parade at National Defence Academy on November 30 Army sources said.

Bilateral defence relations between India and Kyrgyz Republic has been growing. The two countries hold the Khanjar series of annual bilateral exercises and India has also been involved in setting up IT Centres at Kyrgyz Military Institutions.

India and Kyrgyzstan are jointly constructing the Kyrgyz-Indian Mountain Training Centre in the city of Balykchi in Issyk-Kul district of the central Asian republic. This Centre will provide instruction and training for Kyrgyz personnel as well as hosting Kyrgyz-Indian joint mountain training exercises.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited Kyrgyzstan in 2015 while Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev paid a state visit to India from in December last year.

--IANS
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