Malaysia: Defence Secretary co-chairs 13th Malaysia-India Defence Cooperation Committee
Malaysia-India Defence Cooperation Committee (MIDCOM) took place in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday and was co-chaired by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Secretary General of Ministry of Defence of Malaysia, Lokman Hakim Bin Ali, the Ministry of Defence noted.
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Both of the sides expressed happiness at the growing bilateral defence cooperation with regular engagements between the two Armed Forces in recent years.
As per the Ministry of Defence, the two sides held wide-ranging discussions on effective & practical initiatives to further expand bilateral defence engagements and regional & global issues. Both chairs identified steps to further enhance cooperation in emerging areas such as cyber security and AI. They also identified ways to deepen the existing collaboration, particularly in the defence industry, maritime security, and multilateral engagements and agreed to form a joint focus group to address non-traditional maritime security threats.
India and Malaysia reaffirmed their commitment towards fully implementing the new initiatives under the defence pillar of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, as envisioned by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and his Malaysian counterpart Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim during the latter's visit to India in August 2024.
The Defence Ministry noted that India and Malaysia also exchanged the finalised Terms of
