U.K. companies should become part of India’s growth story and participate in co-development and co-production in India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh conveyed to his British counterpart, Ben Wallace, on Tuesday as they discussed ways to enhance defence industrial cooperation.
“The conversation was cordial, positive and focused on future growth of the bilateral defence relationship. Both Ministers discussed a wide range of defence and security issues, including regional developments and the Indo-Pacific,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
Stating that the Ministers, during the telephone conversation, briefly reviewed the ongoing defence cooperation and expressed satisfaction at their bilateral military-to-military engagements, the Ministry said they also discussed ways to “enhance defence industrial cooperation and identified a few potential areas of cooperation”.
Rolls Royce of the U.K. has submitted a detailed proposal to India for the co-development of a fighter jet engine locally to meet future Indian requirements which is currently being examined.
