Updated On: 22 September, 2025 12:02 PM IST | Rabat, Morocco | mid-day online correspondent
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on a two-day visit to Morocco, inaugurated Tata Advanced Systems’ first defence plant in Africa to manufacture WhAP 8x8 vehicles. He also reiterated India’s stand on PoK, expressing confidence that the region will reunite with India without aggression as locals demand freedom from Pakistan.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses members of the Indian community, in Rabat, Morocco. Pic/PTI
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is on a two-day visit to Morocco. The Defence Minister of India in Morocco will be unveiling Tata Advanced Systems Maroc’s new manufacturing facility for the Wheeled Armoured Platform (WhAP) 8x8 at Berrechid. The Union Defence Minister of India, Rajnath Singh, on Monday expressed confidence in India getting back control of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) without taking any aggressive steps.
As reported by news agency ANI, Rajnath Singh further said that people in the region itself have been demanding freedom from the current administration in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.