Chief of the Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi, held talks with Algeria’s senior military leadership, specializing in coaching exchanges for senior officers, joint functionality growth, and defence-industrial cooperation.
General Dwivedi is on an official go to to Algeria — his first abroad engagement for the reason that profitable conclusion of Operation Sindoor. The go to underscores India’s intent to deepen defence ties with the Maghreb-Sahel area of Africa.
According to sources, with Algeria working largely on comparable military tools, New Delhi is taken into account nicely positioned to help its modernisation, coaching, and upkeep wants. Discussions additionally coated defence-industrial avenues similar to anti-drone methods and area of interest applied sciences, although no gross sales agreements have been introduced. Earlier this month, a defence seminar in Algiers introduced collectively Indian defence companies and Algerian military representatives.
For New Delhi, Algeria represents a key associate within the Maghreb-Sahel-Mediterranean arc – an energy-rich nation with oil, fuel, and significant minerals, in addition to a succesful military and a observe file of regional mediation. Sources mentioned that Algeria’s function throughout the African Union and its pro-South stance align carefully with India’s Africa outreach insurance policies.
Despite Algiers’ conventional ties with Russia, China, and Pakistan, the 2 nations are discovering growing areas of convergence. Algeria’s condemnation of the current Pahalgam terror assault has additional highlighted counter-terrorism as a shared precedence, sources added.
General Dwivedi’s go to is anticipated to put the groundwork for a long-term defence partnership, strengthening Army-to-Army cooperation and reinforcing shared rules of sovereignty, non-alignment, and South-South cooperation.
