NEW DELHI, Feb 9: India and Greece today took a significant step toward deepening their strategic defence ties by signing a Joint Declaration of Intent aimed at strengthening defence industrial cooperation and laying the foundation for a structured five-year roadmap.
The agreement was inked following a bilateral meeting in New Delhi between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Greece’s Minister of National Defence Nikolaos-Georgios Dendias.
During the talks, both leaders reaffirmed that the India-Greece Strategic Partnership is anchored in shared values of peace, stability, freedom and mutual respect, and underscored their commitment to expanding collaboration in defence production and security cooperation.
The two countries decided to expand capacity of their respective indigenous defence industries through partnership between India’s ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ and Hellenic defence reforms under ‘Agenda 2030’.
The Defence Ministers discussed various issues of regional peace and security and acknowledged deepening bilateral defence cooperation and strategic ties.
A Bilateral Military Cooperation Plan for 2026 was also exchanged, charting the course for military engagements between the Armed forces of both countries.
Convergence between both the ancient sea faring nations on various key maritime issues was also highlighted. The Greek side announced the positioning of a Greek International Liaison Officer at Information Fusion Centre-Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR), Gurugram.
Prior to the meeting, the Greek Defence Minister laid a wreath at the National War Memorial, and paid homage to the bravehearts who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of the nation. He also inspected the Tri-service Guard of Honour at Manekshaw Centre.
During the stay, the Hellenic delegation also visited key Defence and Industrial establishments at Bengaluru, and interacted with DPSUs, Defence Industry and Start-up representatives New Delhi. The visit reaffirms Strategic Partnership between India and Hellenic Republic, which is based on long-standing warm and close relationship between the two countries and peoples, a statement from the Ministry of Defence stated.
(UNI)
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