India, U.K. sign two deals during Defence Minister’s visit
- India and the UK recently signed significant agreements during India’s Defence Minister’s visit.
The Agreements
- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for bilateral international cadet exchange programme.
- A Letter of Arrangement (LoA) on defence collaboration in Research and Development.
- The LoA on R&D was signed between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL).
Key Highlights
- This is the first visit by an Indian Defence Minister to the UK after over two decades.
- The Defence Minister highlighted fruitful discussions on a wide range of issues.
- These include defence cooperation, security and also on enhancing defence industrial cooperation.
- The signed documents will provide impetus to
- The people-to-people exchanges particularly among the youth
- larger area of defence research collaboration between the two countries
Prelims Takeaway
- India and United Kingdom
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