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India and the Netherlands enjoy long-standing friendly and multi-faceted relations
In the sharply changing geo-political situation when cyber security has become a cornerstone of most bilateral and multilateral talks across the world, India and the Netherlands on Saturday held their second Cyber Dialogue in New Delhi.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, discussions at the Dialogue included strategic priorities, cyber threat assessment, next generation telecommunications (including 5G technology), capacity building (including the Indo-Dutch Cyber Security School) and cooperation in multilateral fora, and the latest developments in cyber at the United Nations.
The Ministry further said India and the Netherlands agreed to explore opportunities for further collaboration with the involvement of respective stakeholders.
The second India-Netherlands Cyber Dialogue was held in the context of recent developments in global cyberspace and to build a comprehensive and deeper cyber cooperation between respective cyber agencies/departments in India and the Netherlands.
As per the MEA, this Cyber Dialogue provides both the countries a platform to discuss contemporary topics of importance in cyberspace as well as a range of high-profile issues of mutual interest.
The dialogue was co-chaired by Muanpuii Saiawi, Joint Secretary (Cyber Diplomacy Division), the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Nathalie Jaarsma, Ambassador at-Large for Security Policy and Cyber, the Government of the Netherlands.
The Indian delegation consisted of senior officials from the MEA, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Ministry of Electronics and Information technology (MEITY), Department of Telecommunications (DoT), CERT-In and National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC).
The delegation from the Netherlands comprised of senior officials from the Cyber Task Force of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and representatives of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands, including the Innovation and Defense Attachés.
India and the Netherlands, commemorating 75 years of diplomatic relations, are cooperating each other in the field of agriculture, high tech, and emerging technologies.
Last year on July 13, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on phone with Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands. During their talks, the two leaders discussed India-Netherlands bilateral ties, including Strategic Partnership on Water, cooperation in the key area of agriculture, potential for bilateral cooperation in high tech and emerging sectors.
The two leaders had also exchanged views on India-EU relations, regional and global issues including convergence and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
India and the Netherlands enjoy long-standing friendly and multi-faceted relations with a broad agenda of cooperation marked by shared values of democracy, rule of law and growing convergences on global and regional issues.
Earlier, during the visit of then Indian President Ram Nath Kovind last year on April 4-7, New Delhi and Amsterdam had signed four MoUs in the filed of ports, maritime transport and logistics; on extension of the programme of cooperation between India’s Department of Biotechnology and the Netherlands’ Agriculture and Innovation; for the Cosmos Malabaricus Project between Leiden University and the Kerala Council of Historical Research, National Archives of the Netherlands on digitizing 17th century archives and making them available to Indian and International researchers; between State Archives Department, Kerala and National Archives of the Netherlands on the execution of the Shared Cultural Heritage Programme.
India and the Netherlands enjoy long-standing friendly and multi-faceted relations with a broad agenda of cooperation marked by shared values of democracy, rule of law and growing convergences on global and regional issues.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, discussions at the Dialogue included strategic priorities, cyber threat assessment, next generation telecommunications (including 5G technology), capacity building (including the Indo-Dutch Cyber Security School) and cooperation in multilateral fora, and the latest developments in cyber at the United Nations.
The Ministry further said India and the Netherlands agreed to explore opportunities for further collaboration with the involvement of respective stakeholders.
The second India-Netherlands Cyber Dialogue was held in the context of recent developments in global cyberspace and to build a comprehensive and deeper cyber cooperation between respective cyber agencies/departments in India and the Netherlands.
As per the MEA, this Cyber Dialogue provides both the countries a platform to discuss contemporary topics of importance in cyberspace as well as a range of high-profile issues of mutual interest.
The dialogue was co-chaired by Muanpuii Saiawi, Joint Secretary (Cyber Diplomacy Division), the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Nathalie Jaarsma, Ambassador at-Large for Security Policy and Cyber, the Government of the Netherlands.
The Indian delegation consisted of senior officials from the MEA, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Ministry of Electronics and Information technology (MEITY), Department of Telecommunications (DoT), CERT-In and National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC).
The delegation from the Netherlands comprised of senior officials from the Cyber Task Force of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and representatives of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands, including the Innovation and Defense Attachés.
India and the Netherlands, commemorating 75 years of diplomatic relations, are cooperating each other in the field of agriculture, high tech, and emerging technologies.
Last year on July 13, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on phone with Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands. During their talks, the two leaders discussed India-Netherlands bilateral ties, including Strategic Partnership on Water, cooperation in the key area of agriculture, potential for bilateral cooperation in high tech and emerging sectors.
The two leaders had also exchanged views on India-EU relations, regional and global issues including convergence and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
India and the Netherlands enjoy long-standing friendly and multi-faceted relations with a broad agenda of cooperation marked by shared values of democracy, rule of law and growing convergences on global and regional issues.
Earlier, during the visit of then Indian President Ram Nath Kovind last year on April 4-7, New Delhi and Amsterdam had signed four MoUs in the filed of ports, maritime transport and logistics; on extension of the programme of cooperation between India’s Department of Biotechnology and the Netherlands’ Agriculture and Innovation; for the Cosmos Malabaricus Project between Leiden University and the Kerala Council of Historical Research, National Archives of the Netherlands on digitizing 17th century archives and making them available to Indian and International researchers; between State Archives Department, Kerala and National Archives of the Netherlands on the execution of the Shared Cultural Heritage Programme.
India and the Netherlands enjoy long-standing friendly and multi-faceted relations with a broad agenda of cooperation marked by shared values of democracy, rule of law and growing convergences on global and regional issues.
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