India, Sept. 20 -- Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will undertake a two-day official visit to Morocco from September 22-23, when the Tata Advanced Systems Maroc's new manufacturing facility for the Wheeled Armoured Platform (WhAP) 8x8 at Berrechid will be inaugurated, officials said.

It will mark the inauguration of India's first overseas defence factory.

According to reports, he will visit the nation at the invitation of the Minister Delegate of National Defence of Morocco Abdeltif Loudiyi.

This will mark the first-ever visit of the Defence Minister to the North African nation, underscoring the growing strategic convergence between India and Morocco.

This facility is the first-ever Indian defence manufacturing plant in Africa, ...