India and Germany have taken a decisive step towards deepening their strategic defence partnership with the signing and exchange of the Defence Industrial Cooperation Roadmap and an Implementing Arrangement for Cooperation in UN Peacekeeping Training in Berlin.The agreements were formalised during Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s three-day official visit to Germany, underscoring the growing

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has embarked on a three-day official visit to Germany, commencing on 21 April 2026. The trip focuses on bolstering defence industrial collaboration, intensifying military-to-military engagements, and probing cooperation in emerging domains.This visit holds particular importance as it marks Singh’s first to Germany since assuming office in 2019. The previous such

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has made a strong pitch for enhanced collaboration between the defence industrial ecosystems of India and Germany, emphasising that the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative is an open invitation to co-create, co-develop, and co-innovate.Speaking before the German Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence and Security on the first day of his three-day visit to Germany,