Modi discussed with Sheikh Hamdan ways to further strengthen the India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, especially in the areas of trade, investments, defence, energy, technology, education, sports and people-to-people ties.
The minister of state for defence stressed on enhanced defence ties in a series of meetings with the representatives of other countries.
The 5th Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting between the Ministry of Defence of India and Spain took place here on Thursday. The meeting was co-chaired by Amitabh Prasad, Joint Secretary of International Cooperation, and Brigadier General Paulino Garcia Diego, Special Advisor on Defence Diplomacy to the Secretary General of Defence Policy from Spain.
During his two-day visit to Spain on January 13-14, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with Spain Defence Minister Margarita Robles and noted that the C-295 Aircraft Assembly line plant at Vadodara has been an important project and has taken the defence and security cooperation between the two countries to the next level.
Detailed deliberations were held to expand the scope of engagement and cooperation in areas such as military, training, defence industry, R&D etc, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.
The Kenyan delegation has met Indian defence industry representatives in Delhi. The delegation is also slated to visit Pune where they would interact with representatives of defence industries to get first-hand experience of their capabilities.
The defence minister’s meeting with the US Secretary of Defence will be held on 5 June while talks with the German minister will take place the next day.
The United States and Papua New Guinea have signed a new bilateral defence cooperation agreement amid increasing China's assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, CNN reported.
The defence minister, who is on a three-day visit to the island, has met a galaxy of leaders in the Maldives and visited projects undertaken there with India's assistance.
The seventh India-Japan Defence Policy Dialogue was held in New Delhi against the backdrop of China's aggressive posturing on territorial and maritime disputes.
