
Defence pacts with Germany and Sweden
Why is it in news?
- India concluded defence cooperation and security protection agreements with Germany and Sweden during the ongoing visit of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman there.
More in news
- Sharing classified information with France:(1) The agreement will enable both the countries to share classified information with each other.(2) India and Sweden have had a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the area of defence since 2009.
- Enhancing defence and defence industry cooperation with Germany: India and Germany signed an implementing arrangement on enhanced defence and defence industry cooperation to strengthen military to military engagement as well as defence industry and research and development linkages.
- Important defence equipment suppliers: Both Germany and Sweden are important suppliers of defence equipment to India and their companies are currently in the race for multi-billion tenders to supply submarines and fighter aircraft.
Source
The Hindu