India-New Zealand hold inaugural defence strategic dialogue in New Delhi to strengthen bilateral cooperation

📰 Inaugural India–New Zealand Defence Strategic Dialogue (2025)

Date & Location: August 2025, New Delhi

Significance: Marks the beginning of a structured and institutionalized framework for bilateral defence and strategic cooperation.

🔹 Key Highlights:

• First-ever Defence Strategic Dialogue between India and New Zealand.
• Held in New Delhi, co-chaired by senior officials from both defence ministries.
• Both nations expressed satisfaction with current cooperation levels and emphasized expanding ties.

🔹 Areas of Ongoing & Future Cooperation:

1. Training & Capability Building
   • Joint training programs, exchange of defence personnel.
2. Defence Industry
   • Potential defence technology collaboration and joint ventures.
3. Maritime Security
   • Enhanced naval cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
4. Multinational Cooperation
   • Participation in regional and global multilateral defence forums.
5. White Shipping Information Exchange
   • Strengthening maritime domain awareness.
   • Improving non-military vessel tracking and data sharing.
     
     
     🗞 Source: NewsOnAir, updated *August 6, 2025, 10:13 AM