Defence minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with the Defence Minister of the Netherlands Ruben Brekelmans in New Delhi on March 18, 2025. They discussed elevating bilateral cooperation in areas like defence, security, information exchanges, Indo-Pacific and new & emerging technologies.
The two Ministers explored the possibilities of collaboration in shipbuilding, equipment and space sectors, optimising the complementariness in skills, technology & scale of the two countries. They also discussed working together in domains like Artificial Intelligence and related technologies, besides connecting the respective defence technology research institutes and organisations.
In a post on X after the meeting, Rajnath Singh stated that India looks forward to further elevating its defence partnership with the Netherlands.
