From the Manila Bulletin (Nov 19): India expresses interest to supply military hardware to AFP
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said that India has expressed interest to provide the Philippines with military hardware to boost the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization program.
Lorenzana made the remark when asked if the Philippines and India signed any deals on defense matters during the bilateral talks between President Duterte and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the ASEAN Summit here recently.
“We haven’t signed anything… they want to supply us also with equipment…because India has a very robust defense industry,” Lorenzana said during a press briefing at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
“They make ships, tanks and bullets. In fact, in the past we bought from them rounds of artillery. So they are capable of going there and they want to tap into our (logistics needs),” he added.
Lorenzana said India knows that the AFP is currently undergoing a modernization program, hence the need for them to enter on possible deals with the Philippine government.
Lorenzana said both the Philippines and India signed a memorandum of understanding about visitation of students to the AFP, and vice versa.
Some of their students will come here, and our enlisted personnel in the AFP will be going there. We already have that. We have a defense attache there, Lorenzana said.
“This is good for us to have regular contacts with each other,” he added.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/11/19/india-expresses-interest-to-supply-military-hardware-to-afp/
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