India-Greece Sign Defence Cooperation Pact

On 9th February 2026, India and Greece signed a Joint Declaration of Intent on Defence Industrial Cooperation.

What is the Joint Declaration India and Greece signed?

  • An International Liaison Officer will be stationed at the Information Fusion Centre - Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR), Gurugram to boost maritime coordination.
  • Both sides exchanged a Bilateral Military Cooperation Plan for 2026 to guide defence interactions.
  • The declaration lays groundwork for a five-year defence cooperation roadmap, aligned with India’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Greece’s Agenda 2030 defence reforms.

India-Greece Relations

  • Civilisational links date back 2,500 years, including Mauryan-Greek interactions.
  • Megasthenes, Greek envoy, resided at Chandragupta Maurya’s court.
  • Gandhara art ....
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