New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Belgian’s Defence Minister Theo Francken on Thursday hailed India’s technological prowess and known as for deepening partnership with India on the Defence Ministers’ Bilateral Meeting right here within the nationwide capital.
In his remarks to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Francken mentioned that Belgium wants international locations like India to collaborate on future initiatives.
“We can learn so much from you. You are a high-technology country. You are one of the most densely populated countries, and we really need to work together because Belgium is an old Western European country with a lot of technology, but we need countries like India. We need to collaborate on future projects, and for Belgium, this is the way forward”
He recalled how the nation had despatched its greatest financial mission to India ever with Princess Astrid in March 2025 and known as it step one in “a mutual, new friendship and relation.”
He famous the fillip in ties since then, and the way inside 18 months, contracts have been signed on collaboration initiatives.
“That is amazing. This means that we worked hard, that our people worked hard, and that we can go further in this pathway.”
The Belgian Defence Minister is accompanying Prime Minister Bart De Wever, who’s on an official go to to the nation from September 2-4.
He advised Singh, “I’m very happy to be here with our Prime Minister. For first time in more than 20 years a Belgian Prime Minister is visiting your beautiful country. Â We have a busy, busy schedule with lot of signing ceremonies, a lot of good talks with the Prime Minister…”
In his remarks, he expressed consonance with Rajnath Singh on how the world is going through challenges and mentioned, “I think it’s totally right when you talk about geopolitical challenges that we have to meet. We didn’t organise them, we didn’t always want them, but we need to be realistic, and we need to go further. And we can do this in friendship and partnership between Belgium and India.”
Fracken additionally mentioned that he was in Japan final week and in addition conveyed the needs of the Japanese management to India.
Earlier in the course of the assembly, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh known as for better defence cooperation between India and Belgium, saying the 2 international locations have the potential to additional develop their partnership amid a interval of ‘nice geopolitical and financial turmoil’ globally.
‘The world is witnessing a time of nice geopolitical and financial turmoil. Most of it’s not our doing, however we now have to deal with the challenges. In such conditions, assembly a buddy and accomplice such as you supplies a helpful alternative to trade views and views,’ Singh mentioned.
Singh famous that there was important potential to additional develop defence cooperation between the 2 international locations, significantly by strengthening engagement between their defence industries.
India and Belgium have maintained longstanding ties, with each side in search of to deepen cooperation throughout strategic areas.
Prime Minister De Wever, who’s on a go to to India is scheduled to carry bilateral talks with Prime Minister Modi on Thursday to debate your entire spectrum of bilateral relations, in addition to regional and international problems with mutual curiosity.
 The go to will present a chance to additional strengthen the India-Belgium partnership and advance cooperation in areas of mutual curiosity, together with defence and safety, together with additional deepening the India-EU and India-Europe engagement. (ANI)