New Delhi: The primary-ever India-European Union (EU) Safety and Defence Consultations came about on June 10 in Brussels pursuant to a choice taken on the India-EU Summit in July 2020, the Embassy of India stated in a launch. The consultations have been co-chaired by Ministry of Defence Joint Secretary (IC) Somnath Ghosh and Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (Europe West) Sandeep Chakravorty from the Indian aspect and Joanneke Balfoort, Director Safety and Defence Coverage, from the EU aspect.
The vast ranging discussions lined the evolving safety state of affairs in Europe, India’s neighborhood and the Indo-Pacific.
“The 2 sides famous variety of optimistic developments within the space of safety and defence cooperation lately, together with institution of an everyday maritime safety dialogue, which met for the second time in February 2022, the first-ever joint naval workout routines held in June 2021, and numerous joint workshops with reference to fostering maritime safety,” the discharge stated.
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The 2 sides throughout the consultations additionally mentioned numerous means of accelerating India-EU cooperation on maritime safety, implementation of the European code of conduct on arms export to India’s neighborhood, cooperation in co-development and co-production of defence tools, together with India’s participation in PESCO.
“Each side agreed to extend India-EU defence and safety cooperation as an necessary pillar of the bilateral strategic relations,” the discharge added.
The Embassy of India, Brussels, stated the subsequent consultations can be held in Delhi at a mutually agreed handy time.
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