RAJYA SABHA
India and Indonesia signed
an Agreement for Defence Cooperation in January 2001.
The Agreement, inter-alia,
provides for promoting cooperation between the defence industries
of the two countries in the area of mutual interest, including
product support.
Bharat Electronics Limited
(BEL) had made a commitment to Indonesia to supply spares and
components of TRS 2215 Radar, which originally supplied to them
by M/s Thomson CSF (now Thales Air Defence Systems). This was
on the basis of the fact that BEL had earlier obtained approval
for the manufacture of this equipment under Transfer of Technology
from the Original Equipment Manufactures and also obtained permission
to export these Radar Systems to Indonesia. The Original Equipment
Manufacturer has now informed BEL that due to the changes in procedure,
BEL has to obtain necessary authorisation for export. BEL has
taken up the clearance issue at the highest level with Thales
Air Defence Systems, for confirming export offer to Indonesia
for supply of the Radar spares.
This information was given
by the Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in a written reply
to Smt NP Durga in Rajya Sabha today.
