Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today held talks with the Minister of Defence of Argentina Jorge Enrique Taiana in New Delhi. Both Ministers discussed the ongoing defence cooperation initiatives, including measures to enhance defence industrial partnership.
 
Earlier in the day, Mr Taiana visited the National War Memorial and paid his homage. Mr Taiana is on a four days official visit to India. After his engagements in Delhi, he will travel to Bengaluru and visit the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited facilities and separately interact with the defence start-ups in an event organized by Innovations for Defence Excellence.
 
The Defence Ministry said, India-Argentina relations were elevated to the level of Strategic Partnership in 2019. Both countries are working closely together to make defence engagements an important facet of their Strategic Partnership.