Nueva Delhi: India on Tuesday asked the Netherlands that do not provide weapons, weapons systems, platforms and military technologies to Pakistan, which has sponsored cross -border terrorism For decades, at a meeting between Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, and his counterpart Ruben Brekelmans.
At the meeting at the level of delegation, India and the Netherlands decided Ai and drones.
However, the clear conclusion was Singh telling Brekelmans that “equip” Pakistan with defense and technologies teams “undermines regional security and stability” in southern Asia, sources told Toi.
“Singh said India has been fighting terrorism sponsored by Pakistan in J&K and other places for decades.
The Netherlands, for example, have supplied two boats of countermeasures of alkmaar class mines or mines hunters, which were built in the van der Giessen-de Noord shipyard in Alblasserdam.
Similarly, the country is also providing patrol vessels for 1,900 tons from the shipyards Damen to Pakistan. “Several Dutch companies are interacting with Pakistan in the military field, especially in the naval domain,” said another source.
India has increased the commitment against terrorism and SIJ separatism in the recent diplomatic meetings, with Prime Minister Modi on Monday seeking the continuous cooperation of his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon to control the pro-Khalistanis separatists in his country.
PARALLELY, Singh also told the US Tulsi Gabbard National Intelligence director that the Trump administration should designate the Sijs for Justice (SFJ), which is prohibited in India for promoting secessionist activities and Pro Khalistani, as a foreign terrorist organization, as Toi reported.
At the India-Baja meeting they meet on Tuesday, the two parties also explored the possibilities of collaboration in the naval construction, the sectors of equipment and spaces, “optimizing the complementarity in the skills, technology and scale of the two countries.”
“They also argued to work together in domains such as AI and related technologies, in addition to connecting the institutes and organizations for the technology of defense technology of the two countries,” said an official of the Ministry of Defense.
With India developing a “vibrant innovation and industrial ecosystem,” New Delhi also said that Dutch weapons companies should be encouraged to integrate Indian suppliers into their supply chains.
Singh said he was “delighted to meet the young and dynamic defense minister of the Netherlands, and the two reviewed the full range of bilateral defense cooperation.