Article Posted on : - Nov 10, 2009

Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor. Image Credit: PTI

NEW DELHI (PTI) Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor will be on a three-day visit to Germany starting Wednesday to strengthen defence relations between the two countries.

Kapoor, who is on a four-day visit to Israel, will arrive in Germany at a time when it is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, Army officials said.

During his visit, the Army Chief will hold parleys with top military leadership of the German armed forces and discuss ways of extending cooperation between the armed forces of the two countries.

Defence relations between the two countries have been increasing in the recent past and India was also one of the organising partners in the Berlin Air Show in 2008.

The two countries have also signed a bilateral Defence Cooperation Agreement in 2006.