Rajnath to visit Malaysia on July 10, 11

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will undertake a two-day visit to Malaysia beginning Monday to explore ways to further consolidate the bilateral defence and strategic partnership.

Besides holding wide-ranging talks with his Malaysian counterpart Dato’ Seri Mohamad Hasan, Singh will call on Prime Minister YB Dato’ Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim during the visit, the defence ministry said on Saturday.

Malaysia is among a handful of countries showing keen interest in procuring India’s indigenously-developed Tejas aircraft.