India - EU held first ever defence consultations in Brussels
According to the release, the first ever India - EU Security and Defence Consultations took place on 10th June, 2022 in Brussels pursuant to take a decision taken at the India - EU summit in July 2020.
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Brussels, Jun 13: The first ever India - European Union (EU) Security and Defence Consultations took place on Jun 10 in Brussels, where both sides agreed to 'increase India - EU Defence and Security Cooperation', according to the Embassy in Brussels. The wide ranging discussions covered the evolving security situation in Europe, India's neighborhood and the Indo Pacific.
According to the release, the first ever India - EU Security and Defence Consultations took place on 10th June, 2022 in Brussels pursuant to take a decision taken at the India - EU summit in July 2020. The concultations were co-chaired by Sornnath Ghosh, Joint Secretary (International Cooperation), Ministry of Defence, Sandeep Chakravorty, Joint Secretary (Europe West), Ministry of External Affairs (India) and Joanneke Balfroot, Director Security and Defence Policy (EU side).
The two sides noted the number of positive developments in the area of security and defence cooperation in recent years. The discussions included the establishment of a regular maritime security dialogue, which met for the second time in Feb 2022, the first ever joint naval exercises held in Jun 2021, and a number of joint workshops on the subject of fostering maritime security.
During the consultations the two sides also discussed various means of increasing India - EU cooperation of maritime security, implementation of the European code of conduct on arms export to India's neighborhood, cooperation in co - development and co - production of defence equipment including India's participation in Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO).