New Delhi, Oct 13: India and Singapore will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on defence cooperation and in countering terrorism. The agreement is going to be signed by defence minister George Fernandes and his visiting Singapore counterpart Teo Chee Hem.

The Singapore Defence Minister, heading a seven-member high-level delegation, today held an hour-long one-to-one meeting with Fernandes. Later, the two sides held delegation level talks with special emphasis on naval cooperation to prevent high sea piracy in Andaman Sea.

The Singapore Defence Minister later had a 45-minute meeting with Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani. Three service chiefs - Admiral Madhvendra Singh, Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy and Army Chief Gen N C Vij - called on him separately.

The Indian side to the delegation level talks was led by Fernandes and included Defence Secretary Ajay Prasad, Lt Gen Ashok Chaki, Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Air Marshal Raghu Rajan, Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Rear Admiral Ajit Tiwari, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, A S Pillai, Chief Controller DRDO and Ranjit Issar and S C Gupta, Additional Defence Secretary and Additional Secretary Defence Production. Bureau Report