New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Netherlands Ambassador to India Marisa Gerards met Chief of Defence Staff General NS Raja Subramani (PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM) in New Delhi on Wednesday and discussed strengthening bilateral defence cooperation, collaboration between defence industries and research centres, and the maritime situation in West Asia, the Netherlands Embassy said.

In a post on X, the Netherlands Embassy for India, Nepal and Bhutan said the meeting was attended by Defence Attache Captain (Navy) Geordie Klein and Political Counsellor Arjen Nauta.

"Discussions focused on the growing IN-NL bilateral relationship, underpinned by the Strategic Partnership and the Letter of Intent on Defence Cooperation, as well as the EU-India Security and Defenc...