Defence Secretary, Dr Ajay Kumar, on Friday said that for the first time during DefExpo, India-Africa Defence Conclave will be held.Fourteen Defence Ministers from the African countries have confirmed participation in this event till now and the number is likely to go up.Kumar briefed the media here on the preparation of the biennial defence exposition, DefExpo 2020, to be held in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow between February 5-9, 2020.Defence Ministers of nearly 40 countries have confirmed their participation for the DefExpo20, including Czech Republic, Mexico, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, etc.According to a statement, he informed media persons, the number of companies registered for participating in DefExpo 2020 has increased to 1,000 from 702 in the last edition held in Chennai.Defence Secretary said that there was 96 per cent jump in the booked exhibition space by exhibitors in DefExpo 2020 to over 53,000 square meters, compared to around 27,000 during the last ...
