Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will visit UK in July.
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Defense Minister Rajnath Singh is set to visit the UK in the first week of next month with an aim to further strengthen bilateral defense and military ties, as well as to press for regional security issues, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday.
He said during the visit, Singh is scheduled to hold extensive talks with his British counterpart Ben Wallace on ways to boost overall defense and strategic ties, including in the defense manufacturing sector.
In April, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Boris Johnson agreed on a new and expanded India-UK defense partnership.
During his visit to India, Johnson announced that the UK was creating an Open General Export License (OGEL) for India to “reduce bureaucracy and reduce delivery times” for defense procurement.
The British Prime Minister also said that Britain will help India co-develop military hardware, including indigenous production of fighter jets.
A statement issued after talks between Modi and Johnson said the two leaders reiterated their commitment to “transform” defense and security cooperation as a key pillar of the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
The leaders emphasized the importance of strong defense industrial cooperation for manufacturing of defense equipment, systems, spare parts, components, assemblies and other related products and core capabilities through co-development, indigenization, transfer under the Make-in-India programme. technology and setting up of joint ventures,” it said.
A few days after Johnson’s visit to India, British Defense Procurement Minister Jeremy Quinn visited New Delhi during which both sides focused on cooperation in areas such as aviation and shipbuilding.