Senior Indian army officer in Israel

The vice-chief of staff of the Indian army, Lieutenant-General Vijay Oberoi, is in Israel to finalise purchase of military hardware.

The visit follows the signing of a bilateral military accord last month, which provides for the transfer to India of Israeli military technology worth about two billion dollars.

A correspondent for the BBC in Delhi says Israel has become India's second largest defence supplier after Russia.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service