India and Japan sign Memorandum on Maritime Security Cooperation

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• 2026-08-20

  Rajnath Singh and Japanese counterpart Koizumi set to hold defence talks in Delhi

  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was scheduled to hold bilateral talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi in New Delhi on 20 August, during Koizumi's maiden visit to India, with the two sides expected to discuss ways to deepen defence cooperation and strategic trust in the Indo-Pacific. The talks were expected to focus on maritime security cooperation and closer defence equipment and technology collaboration under the Make in India framework, days after Japan revised its Three Principles on Transfer of Defence Equipment and Technology. The visit follows Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's visit to New Delhi weeks earlier for the India Japan Annual Summit.

• 2026-08-21

  India and Japan sign Memorandum on Maritime Security Cooperation

  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi signed a Memorandum of Arrangement on Maritime Security Cooperation in New Delhi on 20 August 2026. The pact provides a framework for deeper cooperation between the Indian Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force, including closer coordination on Search and Rescue and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, and strengthened coordination for protecting sea lines of communication through naval ship visits, joint exercises and personnel exchanges. The two sides also agreed to explore joint naval shipbuilding and design, combining Japan's technology with India's production capacity under the Make in India framework.