Sri Lanka has been invited to ‘Aero India 2011’, which is the South Asia's biggest air show where over 60 countries would take part in the show to be held in Bangalore, next week.
It was reported that Pakistan, China or Iran have not been invited to the air show while Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Germany, Greece, France, Israel, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mongolia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Sri Lanka, UK, US, Uzbekistan and Vietnam have been invited to the show.
Aero India 2011, which begins on February 9, has also invited a delegation from war-torn Afghanistan as part of India's national policy to build better ties with the country.
"We have good cooperation with Afghanistan and so we are delighted it is sending a delegation to the airshow. We want such cooperation to grow," Secretary Defence Production R K Singh said.
About 350 official and trade delegations from 30 countries- including Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Germany and the United States- will participate in the five-day event.