Press Release No. 23

23 May 2006

Indian Army Football team in Egypt

    An Eighteen member Indian Army Football team is in Cairo to play friendly matches with the Egyptian Army team. The main objective of the visit is to use football as a mean to promote better understanding and to strengthen the close and friendly relationship between the armed forces of India and Egypt.

    The matches are scheduled at 8.00 pm, on 24^th and 27^th May 2006, at the Army Stadium, Heliopolis.

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