<span style="color: #222222;">India and Egypt have agreed to identify proposals for expanding cooperation between the defence industries of the two countries in a time-bound manner. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held bilateral talks with his Egyptian counterpart General Mohamed Zaki in Cairo yesterday.<br />''<br />''Both sides discussed steps to strengthen defence ties and reached a consensus to enhance conduct of joint exercises and exchange of personnel for training especially in the field of counter-insurgency.<br />''<br />''The two Ministers also exchanged views on regional security and acknowledged the contribution of India and Egypt to peace and stability in the world.<br />''<br />''Following Mr. Singh's call on with President of Egypt Mr Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, both the Ministers agreed to consolidate and focus on enhancing security and defence aspects of bilateral cooperation.<br />''<br />''They also signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of defence to pave the way for enhancing defence cooperation across all sectors of mutual interest.<br />''<br />''In a tweet, Mr Singh said, the signing of the MoU adds new impetus and synergy to the India-Egypt relations.<br />''<br />''He also invited his Egyptian counterpart to the India-Africa Defence Dialogue and IOR Defence Ministers' Conclave scheduled to be held as part of 12th Defence Expo in Gandhinagar next month.</span><br />