US EditionIndia-EU 'Security and Defence Partnership' to Expand Cooperation Across Indo-Pacific, Counterterrorism, Defence Industry
The partnership includes an annual security dialogue and a Defence Industry Forum to boost cooperation on maritime security, cyber threats, and counterterrorism, officials said.
- On Jan 27, 2026, India and the European Union signed a Security and Defence Partnership at the 16th India‑EU Summit in New Delhi, marking their first overarching defence framework.
- To deepen strategic ties, the leaders said the pact will boost cooperation on maritime security, defence industry and technology, cyber threats, space, counterterrorism, and coordinate responses on Ukraine.
- Negotiations opened on a Security of Information Agreement to facilitate classified exchanges, and the summit institutionalised an annual EU‑India Security and Defence Dialogue plus the India‑EU Defence Industry Forum linking businesses from India and EU.
- India becomes the third Asian country to secure such an EU pact after Japan and South Korea, with the EU engaging through IPOI, IORA, IOC and India hosting an EU liaison officer at IFC‑IOR, Gurugram.
- The partnership positions India to expand participation in European defence programmes under respective legal frameworks and deepen defence‑industrial ties, building on projects like Rafale fighters, Scorpène submarines and Airbus C295 assembly.
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India, EU ink mega defence and security pact; to focus on boosting cooperation in Indo-Pacific
The agreement was concluded at the India-EU summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and EU leaders -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa.
EU and India Join Forces on Security, Cyber, and Defense Cooperation
The European Union and India signed a Security and Defense Partnership on January 27, according to the statement on the EU’s website. The agreement was signed on the margins of the EU–India Summit by Kaja Kallas, the EU’s High Representative and Vice President, and S. Jaishankar, India’s external affairs minister. According to the EU, the partnership “marks a new chapter in the strategic relationship between the EU and India” and responds to wha…
India-EU ink first security & defence partnership framework
India and European Union on Tuesday signed the first security and defence partnership framework to deepen ties in different domains — from maritime security, defence industry and technology to cyber, hybrid threats, space and counter‑terrorism. Experts feel the pact has come at an appropriate juncture when India is localising defence production, while Europe, led by Germany, has started rearmament
India-EU Security and Defence Partnership to expand cooperation across Indo-Pacific, counterterrorism, defence industry - The Tribune
India and the European Union on Tuesday signed a landmark Security and Defence Partnership, marking the first overarching defence and security framework between the two sides, as leaders from both blocs agreed to significantly deepen cooperation across strategic, regional and global security domains.
India-EU 'Security and Defence Partnership' to expand cooperation across Indo-Pacific, counterterrorism, defence industry
India and the European Union on Tuesday signed a landmark Security and Defence Partnership, marking the first overarching defence and security framework between the two sides, as leaders from both blocs agreed to significantly deepen cooperation across strategic, regional and global security domains.
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