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NSA Ajit Doval and British Foreign Secretary David Lamy. Picture/News18
Both sides welcome the launch of the UK-India Technology Security Initiative (TSI), which is led and agreed upon by the National Security Advisers (NSA) of both countries and aims to expand cooperation in critical and emerging technologies (CET) in priority areas such as telecommunications and telecommunications.
British Foreign Secretary David Lamy visited New Delhi on Wednesday and held bilateral meetings with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Both sides welcome the launch of the UK-India Technology Security Initiative (TSI), which is led and agreed upon by the National Security Advisers (NSA) of both countries and aims to expand cooperation in critical and emerging technologies (CET) in priority areas such as telecommunications and telecommunications.
According to officials, TSI's collaboration will include government, private sector, academia and research and development institutions. TSI is built on the 2030 roadmap of the two countries and is a key step in strengthening cooperation in the field of science and technology.
After the press conference, a fact sheet focusing on specific technologies and areas of cooperation was also released. This fact sheet provides precise guidance to all stakeholders, especially industry and academia, and will have a further impact on the outcome of the collaboration. In order to make the proposed technology and security initiatives more flexible and adaptable to changing conditions in the future, new areas and topics will also be included in the future.
TSI will help increase supply chain resilience and contribute to the development of economically viable and environmentally sustainable extraction technologies for identified critical minerals. The TSI framework will promote research, trade and investment flows between the UK and India in areas such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and quantum. will be promoted. The UK and India will collaborate on next-generation telecoms technologies, with telecoms players, start-ups and enterprises exploring business opportunities in telecoms infrastructure.
TSI will be coordinated and supervised by the two national security agencies, with a biannual joint review mechanism established at the deputy national security agency level. To address licensing and regulatory issues, a bilateral mechanism to facilitate trade in critical and emerging technologies (CET) was established.
