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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, German counterpart Boris Pistorius hold bilateral talks

Focus on ways to expand bilateral defence and strategic ties

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, German counterpart Boris Pistorius hold bilateral talks

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh shake hands with German Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius during the Tri-Service guard of honour at Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi on Tuesday. Tribune Photo: Mukesh Aggarwal



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New Delhi, June 6

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday held wide-ranging talks with his German counterpart Boris Pistorius, focusing on ways to expand bilateral defence and strategic ties.

Ahead of the talks, people familiar with the agenda of the meeting said defence industrial cooperation would be a key area of discussions.

The German defence minister is on a four-day visit to India.

The people cited above said it is expected that India's plan to procure six stealth conventional submarines at a cost of around Rs 43,000 crore would figure in the talks between the two defence ministers.

One of the contenders of the contract is Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS).

Before travelling to India from Indonesia, Pistorius told German's state-owned broadcaster DW that India's continuing reliance on Russian weapons is not in Germany's interest.

"It is not up to Germany to change that on our own," Pistorius said while replying to a question on India's dependence on Russian weaponry. "This is an issue we have to solve jointly with other partners. But of course, we can't have an interest in the long run that India is so dependent on Russia's delivery of weapons or other materials," he said.

"I want to send a signal that we are willing to support our partners, our reliable partners like Indonesia, like India," he said.  

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