New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI) — External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held talks with Nikos Dendias, Greece’s Minister of National Defense, on a range of strategic and security issues. Dendias is in Delhi at the invitation of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Posting on X, Jaishankar said, “Delighted to welcome Minister of National Defense of Greece Nikos Dendias this evening. An in-depth conversation on a wide range of strategic and security issues. Appreciate his many insights and assessments.”
Dendias thanked Jaishankar in a post on X, saying he was honoured to be invited by his friend Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to his residence in New Delhi during his official visit following an invitation by Rajnath Singh. “We had a cordial discussion on regional and international developments,” he said.
Earlier on February 6, Dendias noted he was in India at Rajnath Singh’s invitation and would meet Jaishankar. He said he would participate in an India–EU Forum discussion on international developments and security issues and would hold talks in Bengaluru on potential cooperation between the Greek defence industry ecosystem and its Indian counterpart.
The visit comes weeks after India and the EU signed a free trade agreement. Speaking in Rajya Sabha while replying to the motion of thanks on the President’s Address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is signing future-ready trade deals with several countries, including the EU and the US, and that the world has praised these agreements. “Be it the trade deal of the European Union or the recent deal with the US…The entire world is openly praising these trade deals. When we signed the trade deal with the EU, the world became more confident about the greater likelihood of global stability. After the trade deal with the US, the world became even more confident that with stability, they can sense a speed too. This is a positive sign for the world,” he said. (ANI)
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