New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Def Expo22 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat today.
PM Modi said that earlier Defence Expo used to be held in our country but Def Expo 2022 is unprecedented.
“It’s the symbol of a new beginning. It’s the first such Defence Expo in the country where only Indian companies are participating, where there are only Made in India defence equipment,” said PM Modi.
He said, “Def Expo 2022 is displaying a grand picture of the New India, the resolution for which was taken by us during Amrit Kaal. It has the nation’s development, states’ participation, youth power, young dreams, young courage&youth’s capabilities.”
PM Modi said the biggest Defence Expo of the country so far has marked an emphatic beginning of a new future.
“I know that this has also caused inconvenience to some countries but several countries, with a positive mindset, have come with us,” he said.
PM Modi said that he is delighted that when India is giving shape to such opportunities of the future, “53 African nations that are friends of India are standing shoulder to shoulder with us”
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Hon. Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi at Defence Expo 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.#DefExpo22 https://t.co/p2xjbhLTN6
— Office of JP Nadda (@OfficeofJPNadda) October 19, 2022
PM Modi also laid the foundation stone of 52 Wing Air Force Station Deesa at the inauguration ceremony of the Def Expo22 at Gandhinagar.
Gujarat | At the inauguration ceremony of the #DefExpo22 at Gandhinagar, PM Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of 52 Wing Air Force Station Deesa. pic.twitter.com/3tozXKkt5i
— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2022
