♦ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with his Netherlands counterpart, Ruben Brekelmans, in Delhi on 18 March 2025.

♦ The two leaders discussed enhancing bilateral cooperation in areas such as defence, security, information exchange, the Indo-Pacific, and new and emerging technologies. 

♦ Brekelmans is visiting India to attend the Raisina Dialogue, which is currently underway in New Delhi from March 17.  

♦ The Raisina Dialogue 2025 is being hosted by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF). It is India’s premier conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics, aimed at addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community.

♦ Nearly 3,700 attendees, including over 800 speakers and delegates from around 130 countries worldwide, are attending the Raisina Dialogue.

♦ The theme of this year’s (2025) Raisina Dialogue is “Kalachakra: People, Peace, Planet.”