CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India and Cyprus have signed a number of agreements in various areas including on Defence and Military Cooperation between the two countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -Significance for India Apart from this, India maintains such military logistics agreements with France, Singapore and South Korea. It is currently in the process of finalising such an agreement with the UK and Vietnam.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement (RELOS) will enable India to access Russian facilities in the Arctic region that have witnessed increased global activity after the opening of new shipping routes.

Detailed explanation-4: -India and Vietnam signed an MoU on mutual logistics support, the first such major agreement Hanoi has inked with any country for simplifying procedures for mutually-beneficial logistic support to allow militaries of the two sides to use each other’s bases for repair and replenishment of supplies.