India is committed to peace and stability in the neighbourhood as also in the "wider region" and the Army will continue to partner with friends to "confront any kind of emerging threats", Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat said on Friday.

Addressing the fourth conclave of defence attaches here, he also said: "we are one of the leading armed forces of the world, not only by virtue of our size but also by virtue of our extensive combat experience,our professionalism" and other qualities.

"Because of that we have other unique ethos. We are deeply committed to peace and stability in the neighbourhood as also in the wider region. And, we will continue, as we have in the past, to partner with our friends to confront any kind of emerging threats," Rawat said.

Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh also attended the conclaveand in his address, he cited maritime threats like piracy, which, he said, has"trans-national" ramifications. He pitched for having greatermaritime cooperation and leveraging "collective military competency"of the world.

"Navy is committed to enhance cooperation withlike-minded members in the Indian Ocean region, and our cooperation ethos isguided, as articulated by the Prime Minister, by the 5Ss -- Samman (honour),Samvad (dialogue), Sahyog (cooperation), Shanti (peace) and Samriddhi(prosperity)," he said.

The Army chief in his address earlier, also urged to thedefence industry to provide solutions for the armed forces. "As we prepareto meet challenges that lie on our security path in an uncertain and complexworld, we look towards the defence industry to provide solutions, to meet theneeds of our defence forces," he said.

Rawat said any country maintains "armed forces orshould I say, strong-armed forces" for maintaining peace, stability andorder.

"But in order to maintain peace and stability, thearmed forces have to be capable to deliver the intent when called upon to doso. And for that, you need a well-trained manpower, soldiers, sailors andairmen, who are empowered. And, empowerment of soldiers come from goodtraining, and providing them with good quality of weapon and equipment,"he said.

The Army chief said, in a globalised world, in order to"confront emerging threats, it will be wise to strengthen the paradigm ofshared responsibilities for defence preparedness".

And, in this context, the Indian industry will be happy tohelp meet the defence needs of friendly foreign countries, defence attaches ormilitary attaches of many of whom are present here, he added.