NEW DELHI, 15 November 2021, (TON): Indian Army Chief Gen M M Naravane embarked on a five-day visit to Israel to further strengthen India's defence and security cooperation with the Jewish state.

The visit by Naravane comes weeks after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar had travelled to Israel to explore ways to boost strategic ties.

In August, the then Indian Air Force Chief R K S Bhadauria had also visited Israel.

The army said in a tweet "General MM Naravane COAS proceeded on a five-day visit to Israel. The visit aims to further strengthen strategic defence cooperation between both countries.”

Officials said Gen Naravane will hold wide-ranging talks with the top military brass of Israel on boosting overall military cooperation between the two countries, reports our New Delhi correspondent.

In reflection of growing bilateral defence ties, India and Israel had on Tuesday last inked an agreement to jointly develop next-generation technologies, drones, robotics, artificial intelligence and quantum computing.