According to the government release, the Defence Minister will hold bilateral talks with his Maldivian counterpart Mariya Ahmed Didi and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid during the visit.
"Had fruitful discussions with the Defence Minister of Belarus, Lieutenant General Khernin Victor Gennadievich in New Delhi," the Union Defence Minister tweeted on Friday.
On the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers' meeting in Delhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a bilateral with his Russian counterpart General Sergei K Shoigu on Friday.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative 'SECURE' that reflected India's commitment towards the multi-dimensional welfare of the region at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) conclave.
A moment that stood out during the Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's bilateral meeting with Chinese counterpart General Li Shangfu held Thursday where they discussed developments in the India-China border areas as well as bilateral relations was when the former did not exchange a handsh
Notably, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh did not exchange handshakes with Li ahead of the bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li, while, he had handshakes with Tajik, Iran and Kazakh counterparts ahead of the bilateral.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be chairing SCO Defence Ministers' Meeting on April 28th and Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif is set to attend the meeting through virtual mode.
In a strong message to China, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told the visiting Chinese Defence Minister that unilateral violation of existing agreements has eroded the basis of bilateral ties between the two sides.
Defence Minister held separate bilateral meetings with the Minister of Defence of Kazakhstan Colonel General Ruslan Zhaxylykov and the Minister of Defence of Tajikistan Colonel General Sherali Mirzo in New Delhi.