The defense ministers of Armenia and India (Suren Papikyan, Rajnath Singh) met yesterday on the sidelines of the Aero India 2025 exhibition and discussed prospects of expanding defense cooperation between their two countries.

They discussed increasing bilateral training cooperation and possibilities of joint ventures between the defense industries of both countries, this according to the Indian Defense Ministry.

Towards enhancing interoperability, the two  ministers approved Armenia’s inclusion as an observer in the Joint India-Central Asia Army exercise.