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Ajay Banerjee
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, December 5
Expanding its outreach in China's backyard, India will train Sukhoi-30 pilots of Vietnam.
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The two sides today agreed to train the pilots. This is the second major training programme after Vietnamese Navy was trained by Indian Navy in operating Russian-origin kilo-class submarines.
The agreement was signed at a meeting between Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and his Vietnamese counterpart Gen Ngo Xuan Lich on Monday in New Delhi.
Vietnam operates Sukhoi-30 MK2 while India operates the Sukhoi-30 MKI.
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