India, UK vow cooperation amid ‘turbulent geopolitical setting’ | India Information
2 min learnNew DelhiApr 24, 2026 02:21 AM IST
Nationwide Safety Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday held in depth talks along with his British counterpart Jonathan Powell specializing in addressing New Delhi’s issues associated to terrorism, extremism and pro-Khalistan parts working from the UK.
The 2 sides agreed to additional strengthen the India-UK Complete Strategic Partnership towards the backdrop of a “turbulent geopolitical setting”, officers stated.
NSA Doval and Powell additionally exchanged views on the unstable state of affairs in West Asia and its impression on maritime safety and commerce. Doval highlighted that dialogue and diplomacy was the one manner ahead to resolve the battle, the officers stated.
The talks have been held beneath the framework of annual India-UK Strategic Dialogue. The 2 NSAs reiterated the importance of shifting ahead on the targets envisaged within the India-UK Imaginative and prescient 2035 Doc, together with in know-how, defence and safety domains for enhancing long-term bilateral strategic cooperation, the officers cited above stated.
Either side famous the necessity to deepen cooperation to deal with safety issues associated to terrorism, extremism and pro-Khalistan parts, they stated.
Doval thanked the UK authorities for the continued help on these issues and highlighted the necessity to preserve the momentum via additional deepening cooperation between regulation enforcement businesses of the 2 sides, they added.
Doval and Powell additionally took inventory of the progress made beneath the India-UK Expertise Safety Initiative (TSI), and famous “some vital outcomes” achieved in sectors like telecom, essential minerals, and synthetic intelligence.
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NSA Doval expressed satisfaction that the collaboration beneath TSI has enabled organising of a Silicon Carbide-based compound semiconductor facility at Bhubaneswar, Odisha by Clas-SiC Wafer Fab Ltd, UK, and India’s SiCSem Pvt. Ltd, the officers stated Either side additionally agreed to boost collaboration within the area of semiconductor, quantum computing, biotechnology and superior supplies, they stated.
The 2 sides famous that the bilateral defence cooperation had gained good momentum, and that it was necessary to deepen defence industrial collaboration beneath the overarching framework of the India-UK Defence Industrial Roadmap, they added.
