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- Terming the need for strong relations between India and the U.K. “mission critical”, U.K. Minister for Defence Procurement Alex Chalk pitched for collaboration in high-end defence technologies, including jet engine technology.
- He also pitched for cooperation in supply chain resilience, which had been brought to the fore in the war in Ukraine, and India’s strengths in it.
- The jet engine cooperation proposal put forward by Rolls-Royce was the best “out there” and “most cost-effective” that “would set India apart,” Mr. Chalk told a small group of journalists at Aero India show in Bengaluru.
- “The context is the security context out you find yourselves in. You have the presence in a difficult backyard of China which we understand.
- So we recognise that a strong, independent, sovereign and capable India is essential to preserve its territorial integrity and to stand up for the international rules-based order. India is an important part of this international rules-based order. But to uphold that order you need strong defence capabilities that is the context for this very significant step we are taking here in India.”
- On jet engine cooperation, for which India is evaluating co-development proposals from three global engine manufacturers, Honour of office
SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB
