Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane is on a three-day visit to the Republic of Korea on Monday aimed to strengthen military ties between both the countries.

Gen Naravane will visit the Korea Combat Training Centre in Inje Country, Gangwon Province and Advance Defence Development (ADD) at Daejeon.

Earlier in the month, General Naravane made a historic visit to Saudi Arabia and the UAE to strengthen bilateral defence cooperation. It was the first visit by a head of the Indian Army to the two strategically important Gulf countries.

The visit by the Army chief was seen as a reflection of India's growing strategic ties with the two countries and to further open up new avenues for cooperation in the defence and security sphere.

(IANS)