New Delhi: In the backdrop of the ongoing West Asian conflict, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are not distant events; they are stark realities with direct implications for India’s security and economic stability.
Addressing the German Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence and Security on day one of his three-day visit to the country, he also asserted that the world today is faced with new security threats, and the technological transformation has made the situation highly complex and intricately connected.
A new approach with the willingness to adapt to the changing environment is the need of the hour, the minister said.
“For a developing country like India, which relies on the West Asian region for a significant share of its energy requirements, disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are not distant events; they are stark realities with direct implications for our security and economic stability,” Singh said in an address to the German parliamentary standing committee on defence and security.
Singh, who was welcomed at the Berlin airport with military honours and was flown in a special German Air Force aircraft on the first day of his visit, said that modern-day global challenges require a coordinated response and trusted partnerships. India and Germany are not only strategic partners but also consequential voices in shaping the global discourse, he said.
In his address, the minister also made a strong pitch for enhanced collaboration between the defence industrial ecosystems of India and Germany, emphasising that new security threats and ongoing technological transformation have made the security situation complex and intricately connected.
In particular, he mentioned the prowess of the German Mittelstand (small and medium-sized companies) in advanced and emerging technologies, calling on them to collaborate with Indian startups and private companies.
Singh is on a three-day official visit to Germany and is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with counterpart Boris Pistorius and other senior leaders of the government. Discussions will focus on enhancing defence industrial collaboration, strengthening military-to-military engag ..
