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Tuesday 04 Aug 2015 - 10:24 Makkah mean time-19-10-1436
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Riyadh, (IINA) - A flying contingent of the Indian Air Force (IAF) is on a maiden visit to Saudi Arabia from August 1 to 4, Al Arabiya reported.
Indian Embassy Charge d’Affaires Hemant Kotalwar, while addressing a press conference, called the visit significant, and yet another feature that is set to give the Indo-Saudi relations a boost.
“The visit underscored the close defense ties between India and Saudi Arabia, which received a fillip following Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman’s visit to New Delhi, when he was Crown Prince in February 2014, to sign a Bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement,” he said.
Kotalwar thanked King Salman and Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salam, second deputy premier and minister of defense, for the support and cooperation rendered during the visit.
The contingent consisting of 110 IAF officers and airmen onboard Sukhoi 30MKI fighter aircraft, C-17 Globe Masters, C-130 Super Hercules and IL-78 aircraft while en route to United Kingdom for a multinational exercise landed at King Fahd airbase in Taif.
The inaugural staging visit that the IAF pilots called very interactive and fruitful. They will be leaving for Athens prior to the UK for the multinational exercise.
The aim of the exercise, that began on July 21 and ended on July 31, was to enhance mutual operational understanding between the two Air Forces and to provide ample opportunity for exchange of ideas relating to concept of operations in a dynamic warfare environment.
SM/IINA
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