Chandigarh: The 14th annual meeting of the
Indo-US Army Executive Steering Group (ESG), to coordinate
various joint-training events between the two Armies, began
today.
The four-day meeting began at Headquarters, Western
Command at Chandimandir near here amid a "friendly and cordial
atmosphere", a defence spokesman said.
The ESG meetings are held at venues alternating between
India and the US, to coordinate various joint-training events
between the two Armies.
The 14-member US delegation is led by Lt Gen Benjamin
Randy Nixon, Commanding General, United States Army Pacific,
the spokesman said.
Earlier, the delegation team attended a wreath laying
ceremony held at `Veer Smriti`, the Western Command War
Memorial and Lt Gen Nixon paid homage to the martyrs.
Gen Nixon later met Western Army Commander Lt Gen Shankar
Ranjan Ghosh at his office and interacted on various aspects
of common interest.
The delegation met their Indian counterparts led by Lt Gen
A S Sekhon, Director General Military Operations.
The ESG reviewed the progress made in Indo-US military
cooperation through events in 2009 and reached an agreement on
the training cooperation events to be conducted in 2010, the
spokesman said.
PTI
