Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale on Friday hosted the Indian High Commissioner to Kenya Namgya Khampa at the Defence Headquarters, Nairobi.
Duale said India is one of Kenya's strategic allies in Asia with the two countries having a firm history of cooperation, notably in trade and defence, dating way before independence.
"Our two countries have a joint Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Defence Cooperation in the field of military medical services, training and exercises, military culture, sports, and adventure as well as the supply of military materials and equipment," Duale said.
Further, Duale added that Kenya and India have an active MoU on sharing White Shipping Information.
He said it is aimed at improving maritime security through sharing of unclassified information through dedicated Automatic Information Systems (AIS) receivers for monitoring commercial ships & passenger liners.
According to Duale, they discussed areas of possible future partnerships and cooperation among them Defence industry, Telecommunication industry, border security, defence research and development.
"I expressed our gratitude for the cordial relations between our two friendly countries that promotes defence cooperation for the support of modernization programmes."
Present for the reception and subsequent meeting were the Vice Chief of Defence Forces (VCDF) Lieutenant General Jonah Mwangi and the Director of Medical Services (DMS) Major General (Dr.) George Ng’ang’a.