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Chief of the Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi, connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026) addressed officers of the UAE National Defence College (NDC) during his ongoing authoritative sojourn to the United Arab Emirates.
In his address, General Dwivedi highlighted the evolving planetary information scenery and the changing quality of modern conflicts, underscoring the increasing value of exertion successful modern warfare.
He emphasised the captious enactment relation of elder subject officers and stressed the request for collaborative engagements, including beardown bilateral and multilateral defence practice betwixt India, the UAE and different determination partners, to execute symbiotic outcomes and beforehand determination and planetary bid and security.
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As portion of the visit, General Dwivedi besides interacted with Major General Staff Yousef Maayouf Saeed Al Hallami, Commander, UAE Land Forces. The discussions focused connected enhancing affirmative subject engagement, grooming convergence, and advancing bilateral defence practice betwixt India and the UAE.
In different cardinal engagement, General Dwivedi met the Ambassador of India to the UAE, Deepak Mittal. The discussions centred connected further strengthening India–UAE bilateral cooperation, with accent connected subject diplomacy, defence engagement, and deepening strategical ties betwixt the 2 nations.
Following the sojourn to the UAE, Gen. Dwivedi volition sojourn Sri Lanka from January 7-8. On arrival, the COAS volition beryllium accorded a Guard of Honour by the Sri Lanka Army. He volition prosecute with elder subject and civilian leadership, including the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, Deputy Minister of Defence and the Defence Secretary; and clasp elaborate discussions connected matters of communal interest, including grooming cooperation, capableness gathering and determination security.
General Dwivedi volition besides wage homage astatine the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) War Memorial, honouring the ultimate sacrifice of Indian soldiers.
