Mumbai, July 11 -- The Prime Ministers of India and New Zealand launched the India-New Zealand Strategic Partnership and endorsed the Roadmap to 2030 as the framework to deepen bilateral cooperation over the next four years. Under the Political and Diplomatic Engagement pillar, both sides agreed to maintain regular meetings between their Prime Ministers, Ministers and Foreign Ministers, strengthen engagement between ministries and parliaments, and continue annual secretary-level talks to steer and monitor the roadmap's implementation.

Under the Defence and Security Cooperation pillar, both countries agreed to deepen military ties through joint exercises, personnel exchanges and high-level defence dialogues while implementing the 2025 Def...