India and Netherlands ‘natural partners’, bilateral relations ‘very strong’: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Netherlands is a natural partner in India’s economic development and thanked the key European nation for backing India’s Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) membership.
“The world is inter-dependant and inter-connected. We would discuss both bilateral issues and those concerning the world,” Prime Minister Modi said ahead of talks with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte.
“Ties between India and the Netherlands are very old. Our bilateral relations are very strong,” he said.
He said that relations between India and the Netherlands are century old and the two countries will keep on moving towards stronger ties.
Thanking the key European nation for backing India’s MTCR membership, he said, “Because of your support India got the membership of the MTCR.”
India joined the MTCR as a full member last year. MTCR membership enables India to buy high-end missile technology and also enhances its joint ventures with Russia.
The aim of the MTCR is to restrict the proliferation of missiles, complete rocket systems, unmanned air vehicles and related technology for those systems capable of carrying a 500 kilogramme payload for at least 300 kilometres, as well as systems intended for the delivery of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
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