Mohammad Asif Khan

The chief of army staff General Manoj Pande said on November 3 that the army would set-up defence wings in friendly foreign countries in the West to boost its defence cooperation efforts. He announced this during the Chanakya Defence Dialogue, a national security event held at the Maneckshaw Centre in New Delhi.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief of the Army Staff, General Manoj Pande at Chanakya Defence Dialogue

“We are establishing Defence Wings at new locations across the world. Our national resolve to achieve self-reliance in defence hardware is also being enabled by a resurgent Indian defence Industry,” he said, at the event jointly organised by the Indian Army and the Centre of Land Warfare Studies.

The dialogue that took place on the 3 and 4 November 2023, was a comprehensive analysis of security challenges in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific. It focused on crafting a roadmap for collaborative security measures in the region