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LOK SABHA
The Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs, Rao Inderjit Singh informed the Lok Sabha today that U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfield visited India on 8-9 December 2004. He had meetings with the Prime Minister, Defence Minister, External Affairs Minister and the National Security Adviser on 9 December 2004. No agreements were signed during the visit.
The Minister further informed that a review of our current bilateral defence cooperation took place during the discussions. Satisfaction was expressed at the rapid growth of this relationship including, the effective working of the dialoue mechanism, military-to-military contacts, exercises, visits, education and training. There was visible interest in broadening the ambit of our defence cooperation. Discussions on regional and international issues were also held during the meetings.
This information was given to Lok Sabha today by the Minister of State for External Affairs, Rao Inderjit Singh in reply to a question by Shri Ajoy Chakraborty.
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