Tel Aviv/New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- India and Israel today signed an MoU on defence cooperation, aimed to deepen the already strong defence cooperation between the two countries.

The MoU was inked during the 17th meeting of Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation, co-chaired by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Director General of Israeli Ministry of Defence Maj Gen (Res) Amir Baram, in Tel Aviv today.

The inking of the MoU comes as Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar is in Delhi and held talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

While the announcement gave few details, it has been reported earlier that India would acquire rockets for its ground forces and Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile air defence missiles deve...