India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met with the European Union Political and Security Committee (PSC) delegation, led by Chair Delphine Pronk, on Friday. The key emphasis of the discussion was on deepening security and defence cooperation under the India-EU Strategic Partnership, Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal said.
"Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met today with the EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) delegation, led by Chair Ms. Delphine Pronk, which paid its first-ever visit to Asia. Discussions focused on deepening security and defence cooperation under the India-EU Strategic Partnership and exchange of views on the latest regional and international developments,” MEA wrote in a post on X.
On Thursday, the delegation met India’s Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh. The meeting was convened in New Delhi.
In a post on X, the Ministry of Defence said, "The EU Political & Security Committee (PSC), led by Mrs Delphine Pronk, met Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh in New Delhi on their maiden visit to India. Discussions focused on capacity building, capability enhancement & emerging challenges. Delegation was also briefed on Information Fusion Centre- Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR)."
The 15th meeting of the Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism (CT) was also held in Brussels between the EU and India on Wednesday. The Dialogue was co-chaired by Maciej Stadejek, Director for Security and Defence Policy in the European External Action Service, and KD Dewal, Joint Secretary (Counter-terrorism) in the Ministry of External Affairs of India.
Both sides condemned the heinous terrorist attack on April 22 in Pahalgam, which killed 26 people.
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