Indian military delegation visits Israel

A source in Israel said that a high ranking delegation at the Indian ministry of defense, currently visiting Israel met on Wednesday with the Israeli defense minister Benyamin Ben Eliezer and will be meeting with the Israeli army chief of staff Moshe Yaloun.

The Indian delegation is led by the official for military cooperation at the Indian ministry Siere Danar, who arrived in Israel on Tuesday.

Relations between India and Israel were consolidated during the few past years especially in the area of military industrial manufacturing.

The Israeli daily Haartez said quoting Israeli officials that this rapprochement is explained by a common interests in the two sides in confrontation of the Islamists.

India and Israel signed a contract exceeds one billion dollars according to which Israel will provide military equipment to New Delhi while other contracts are under study concerning more exports, according to the same source. Israel in particular, is negotiating on selling pilotless planes and anti missiles systems based on the US funded Arrow system technology being developed in Israel.