By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – India External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met with Spainish Defence Minister Margarita Robles and noted that the C-295 Aircraft Assembly line plant at Vadodara has been an important project and has taken the defence and security cooperation between the two countries to the next level, during his two-day visit to Spain on January 13-14.
He said that India and Spain have decided to further strengthen cooperation in the defence sector between the two countries.
The Ministry of External Affairs in a statement issued said that during his visit, Mr Jaishankar called on King Felipe VI and Spain President Pedro Sanchez.
Both sides expressed satisfaction at regular high-level exchanges and interactions, and agreed to capitalise on the momentum generated by the recent visit of President Sanchez to India to further strengthen bilateral ties.
Mr Jaishankar held a meeting with his counterpart, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares and reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral cooperation, and regional and global matters of mutual interest.
They expressed satisfaction over the progress in diverse sectors including trade & economy, defence & security, tourism, culture and people-to-people ties.
Two ministers also discussed ways of increasing collaboration in new and emerging sectors of digital technology, AI, renewable energy, and space.
Jaishankar delivered the Keynote Address at the 9th Annual Conference of Spanish Ambassadors on the theme ‘A Foreign Policy with our own Identity’.
Mr Jaishankar and Foreign Minister Albares, addressed leading Spanish companies, think-tanks, and intelligentsia in a conference organized by the Spain India Council Foundation titled ‘Strategic Alliances for a Changing World: Spain and India in the 21st Century’.
Two MoUs on cooperation in the field of Sports, and cooperation in the field of Sustainable Urban Development were signed between the two sides during the visit, Externala Affairs Ministry added.
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