India, US to enhance exchanges between law officers of armed forces

India and US are planning to share ideas and enhance exchanges between law officers of their armed forces for which American Army's seniormost legal officer Lt Gen Dana K Chipman is on a four-day visit in Nagpur.

A four-member delegation of the US Army led by its Judge Advocate General (JAG) Lt Gen Chipman visited the Institute of Military Law (IML) at Kamptee, a Defence Ministry spokesperson said here.

The team was accompanied by Maj Gen Prabhu Singh Rathore, the JAG of Indian Army.

"The purpose of the visit is to interact with JAG branch legal officers of the Indian armed forces to share ideas, lessons learned and discuss training related exchanges between the two countries," he said.

The IML imparts training to officers of legal departments of Indian Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, BSF and to officers of various friendly countries in the field of military and allied laws.

Addressing the officers, Lt Gen Chipman said, "Training at IML is very impressive because of the range of different themes and legal aspects taught here. The teaching output and the outreach are excellent."

Speaking on the occasion, Maj Gen Rathore said, "Both the countries stand to benefit from such interactions and exchange programmes. The US Army has a rich experience of operating in different parts of the world. We too have experiences of the peace keeping missions etc. Learning from their experiences and sharing ours would be mutually beneficial."