India, Germany expand defence, hydrogen, tech cooperation
India and Germany enhance cooperation in defense, renewable energy, and technology amid geopolitical tensions, following foreign office consultations in Berlin.
India and Germany will bolster cooperation in defence, green hydrogen, renewable energy and critical technologies against a backdrop of geopolitical churn and disruptions caused by the West Asia conflict.
India, Germany expand defence, hydrogen, tech cooperation
This was among the outcomes of India-Germany foreign office consultations co-chaired by foreign secretary Vikram Misri and Germany’s state secretary of the foreign ministry, Géza Andreas von Geyr, in Berlin on Tuesday. Misri also met German foreign minister Johann Wadephul.
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The consultations were an opportunity for the two sides to review bilateral relations and explore avenues to deepen their strategic partnership, the external affairs ministry said in a readout. They also discussed the West Asia conflict and the Russia-Ukraine war.
After a comprehensive review of India-Germany relations, including trade, security, technology, sustainable development and mobility, the two sides agreed to deepen and diversify collaboration in critical and emerging technologies, defence, industrial collaboration, digital governance, renewable energy, green hydrogen, innovation, and development cooperation in third countries, the readout said.
Misri also interacted with senior foreign policy experts, MPs and senior officials of the federal and state governments of Germany at the Körber Foundation. His visit, part of a tour that also took him to France, followed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s trip to India in January.
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The visit helped advance cooperation in priority areas and explore outcomes for the next India-Germany inter-governmental consultations later this year, the readout said.
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The visit helped advance cooperation in priority areas and explore outcomes for the next India-Germany inter-governmental consultations later this year, the readout said.
Rezaul Hasan Laskar is Foreign Editor with the Hindustan Times, which he joined in 2015. He began as a journalist in his hometown of Shillong in northeast India and has worked in newspapers and wire services over the years. He moved to New Delhi in 1997 and initially focused on defence, national security, Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, while also working of foreign policy and international relations. He has been part of the media delegation accompanying PMs on foreign visits and has reported from destinations ranging from Tibet to Ukraine. Between 2007 and 2013, he was the Press Trust of India correspondent in Pakistan, one of only two Indian journalists allowed to report from the country. He extensively covered Pakistan’s domestic politics and the life of the common people, as well as the fallout of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on India-Pakistan relations and the subsequent trial in Pakistan of the suspects involved in the attack. As part of his reportage in Pakistan, he travelled the breadth of the country, from the Swat Valley to Balochistan. Reza’s first gig in journalism was writing a weekly music column, and music – especially classic rock – remains a keen interest. He is also a movie buff and a keen photographer.
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