Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh’s visited Uzbekistan. This is the first visit by an Indian Defence Minister to the country in about 15 years. He represented India at the meeting of Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of SCO India and Uzbekistan signed three memorandums of understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in military medicine and military education.
Mr. Singh held bilateral consultations with his Uzbekistan counterpart, Major General Bakhodir Nizamovich Kurbanov, after which they jointly presided over the curtain raiser of the first India-Uzbekistan Joint Exercise, “Dustlik 2019”.
India has offered a concessional line of credit of $40 million for procurement of goods and services by Uzbekistan from India