Chief of Army Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat to visit Tanzania & Kenya

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New Delhi : General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), is scheduled to visit Tanzania and Kenya from December 17 to 20, 2018, on an official bilateral visit. During the visit, the COAS led delegation will interact with senior military and political hierarchy of both countries with an aim to enhancing and energising defence cooperation. The Army Chief will also visit National Defence College at Tanzania and key military establishments.

The Chief of the Army Staff is scheduled to meet Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi, Minister for Defence and National Service, General Venance S Mabeyo, Chief of Tanzania Defence Forces, in Tanzania, and Ambassador Raychelle Awour Omamo, SC, Cabinet Secretary for Defence, and General Samson Mwathethe, Chief of Defence Forces, Kenya Defence Forces in Kenya.

The visit to the African countries aims to give impetus to the military to military relationship with Tanzania and Kenya which has been nurtured over the years, according to a PIB release.