India, UK hold talks on regional security, seek to boost defence ties

India and the UK on Friday discussed measures to further strengthen their defence cooperation through joint exercises, maritime domain awareness and information exchange as well as defence-industrial collaboration proposals in missile systems and electric propulsion for warships. Potential cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region and regional security issues also figured in the annual bilateral defence consultative group meeting, co-chaired by defence secretary Giridhar Aramane and his UK counterpart David Williams, which was held in New Delhi.