The 10th India-Italy Joint Defence Committee meeting was held in New Delhi on Wednesday. During the meeting, both sides discussed a wide range of defence industrial and military cooperation issues. They also exchanged views on the Indo-Pacific and the security situations. Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane and Italian Secretary General of Defence and National Armament Director Lt Gen Luciano Portolano co-chaired the meeting. The focus of the meeting was to enhance defence-industrial cooperation.

India and Italy had signed an agreement on defence cooperation in October last year during the visit of Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh to Italy. During the meeting, both sides discussed ways and means to bring the defence companies of both countries together for joint projects, including for co-production in India. The Defence Secretary suggested integration of Indian vendors in the global supply chains of Italian defence companies to bring value to both sides and improve supply chain resilience.