Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib al- Busaidi, Minister Responsible for Defence Affairs, met at the headquarters of the International Equipment Exhibition (DEFEXPO 2020) in Lucknow with Rajnath Singh, Indian Minister of Defence, as part of his visit to the friendly Republic India to attend the opening of the tenth edition of the International Defence Equipment Exhibition (DEFEXPO 2020) which takes place in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, in the Friendly Republic of India.

   At the beginning of the meeting, Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence of the friendly Republic of India, presented to Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib al- Busaidi, the Minister Responsible for Defence Affairs, his sincere condolences to him and the Omani people on the death of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Bin Taimour, praying to Allah the Almighty to bestow mercy on him and bless his soul and make his abode paradise and to grant His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik success to continue the march of construction and development in the Sultanate.

    For his part, Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib al- Busaidi, thanked the Indian Minister of Defence, for these good feelings, wishing the friendly Republic of India further progress and prosperity.  The meeting reviewed the good relations and discussed a number of matters of mutual interest, areas of existing military cooperation between the ministries of defence and ways of enhancing them in the common interest.  Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence praised the development of the existing military cooperation between the two countries, stressing India's desire to strengthen it in the interest of the two friendly countries.

    The meeting was attended from the Omani side by Sheikh Hamad bin Saif al-Rawahi, the Sultanate’s Ambassador to the friendly Republic of India, Brig. Badr bin Said bin Rashid al-Farsi, Omani Military Attaché and a number of senior officers of the Sultan’s Armed Forces accompanying the Minister Responsible for Defence Affairs.  On the Indian side, it was attended by a number of military and civil officials at the Indian Ministry of Defence. ONA