New Delhi: India and the UK held a high-level meeting on defence cooperation meeting on Friday where they reviewed the ongoing defence cooperation activities, and discussed the situation and potential cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region.

Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane co-chaired the annual Defence Consultative Group (DCG) meeting in New Delhi along with his UK’s Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence David Williams.

Their discussion also focussed on a host of regional security issues, and defence industrial cooperation proposals in missile systems and Electric Propulsion.

Both sides planned for increased interactions and joint activities in the maritime domain with a focus on joint exercises, Maritime Domain Awareness, and information exchange.

They appreciated the commencement of the India-UK 2+2 Foreign and