German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discusses pact on military logistics support during his visit to India
The Hindu
India and Germany close to finalising logistics arrangement for armed forces, focusing on maritime security cooperation and joint exercises.
India and Germany are close to finalising a memorandum of arrangement for logistics arrangement between the armed forces, according to a senior German official. With focus on expanding maritime security cooperation, Germany is set to post a liaison officer at the Indian Navy’s Information Fusion Centre for Indian Ocean Region in Gurugram.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in India on Thursday(October 24, 2024) night on an official visit accompanied by eight senior Ministers. He is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday(October 25, 2024) morning.
A memorandum of arrangement for logistics arrangement between the armed forces for cooperation and joint exercises in one of the two countries or the surrounding maritime domains is in the works, said Jasper Wieck, political director in the German Ministry of Defence. “With the likelihood that this arrangement will also facilitate co-development and co-production and joint research...,” he said.
Mr. Wieck was speaking at the India-German defence industry dialogue organised by the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers.
Pushing for co-development and co-production of defence equipment, he said they have specific areas in mind. Underwater technology, which brings in the Project-75I programme of the Indian Navy for six conventional submarines in which Germany’s TKMS is competing with Navantia of Spain, is one of them.
Other areas are cruise missiles, with MBDA as a potential partner, and drones. An agreement for peacekeeping training agreement between respective agencies in both countries is also on the anvil.
Last week, the German Government had adopted a focus document on India which says that Germany wants to be a reliable partner to India, Mr. Wieck said.
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