A boost to India-Spain cooperation!

Source: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Spanish President Pedro Sanchez have inaugurated India’s first private military aircraft plant, boosting New Delhi’s ambitions of growing local manufacturing in its defence and aerospace industries in Vadodara, Gujarat on Monday. Sanchez was welcomed to India on Monday with a flower-filled open-top parade alongside Modi, as Madrid seeks to boost investment in the world’s fifth-largest economy. It is the first visit by a Spanish premier to India in 18 years. Modi visited Spain in 2017 and held talks with Sanchez at the G20 summits in 2018 and 2021. The two leaders held bilateral talks shared a lunch at the palace, constructed in the late 19th century by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the former ruler of Baroda. PM Modi also highlighted the recent opening of a new Indian consulate in Barcelona, emphasizing the dynamic and multifaceted nature of the partnership.