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The Defence Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee has arrived in Warsaw on a four-day official visit. The Minister was accorded official military welcome at Belweder. Later in the day, he will have one-to-one meeting with Polish Minister for National Defence Mr. Jerzy Szmajdzinski.
The Defence Minister will also call on the President Mr. K Kwasniewski and the Prime Minister Mr. Marek Belka. Shri Mukherjee will lay a wreath at Unknown Soldier’s Tomb at Marshal J Pilsudski Square at Warsaw.
On Wednesday, the Defence Minister will visit First Warsaw Armoured Brigade at Wesola to see the demonstration of military equipment. Later at Deblin, he is slated to visit an Air exhibition and demonstration.
The Defence Minister is accompanied by Shri Gautam Mukhopadhaya, Joint Secretary (Policy and International Cooperation) in the Ministry of Defence. The Minister will return home on Friday. This is Shri Mukherjee’s first visit abroad after assuming the charge of Defence Minister.
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