Chief of Defence Staff General N.S. Raja Subramani arrived in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, November 10 on a three-day official visit to Tanzania to strengthen bilateral defence cooperation and explore new avenues of military collaboration between the two countries, ANI reported. He was received at Dar es Salaam International Airport by India's High Commissioner to Tanzania, Bishwadip Dey, and the Defence Adviser.

Source: ANI

In a post on X, the Indian Embassy in Tanzania said: "General NS Raja Subramani, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, Chief of Defence Staff was received by the High Commissioner of India to United Republic of Tanzania H.E. Bishwadip Dey and the Defence Adviser on his arrival today at Dar es Salaam International Airport." The embassy added: "The CDS led delegation is on a three days official visit to Tanzania to reinforce the robust defence ties between the two countries and discuss opportunities for further collaboration."

Source: ANI via DevDiscourse

Follow-up to October's first Army-to-Army Staff Talks

The visit will include engagements with senior leadership of the Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) and visits to various military training establishments. It follows the earlier development of the inaugural India-Tanzania Army-to-Army Staff Talks held in New Delhi from October 27 to 29, 2026, which focused on military education, training exchanges and capacity building; during that visit the Tanzanian delegation toured the 505 Army Base Workshop and DPSU Bhawan and paid tribute at the National War Memorial.

The latest engagement also builds on the fourth Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC) meeting held in Zanzibar on February 2-3, 2026, where the two sides discussed military training, maritime security and defence industry collaboration, and explored emerging areas such as counter-terrorism, peacekeeping training, electronic warfare, cyber and artificial intelligence. India and Tanzania elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership in 2023 during the state visit of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan to India, and cooperate across defence, trade, education, healthcare and development.

What happens next: the visit is an arrival and engagement round, not an agreement announcement — no new pact or training programme had been announced at the time of the ANI report. Any concrete outcome would come in statements during or after the TPDF engagements and training-establishment visits over the next two days.