India and Britain on 8 November 2012 decided to step-up cooperation in
Cyber Security during the Foreign Minister level talks of both the
nations. Before, this during the Foreign Secretary level talks, the
issues discussed was nuclear energy and counter-terrorism.
The
representatives of both the nations, William Hague the British Foreign
Secretary and Salman Khurshid India's External Affairs Minister after
agreeing on the issues of cooperation on cyber crimes, which included
cooperation in defining the ways of tackling the cyber crime,
bilaterally issued a joint statement on the issues discussed.
William
Hague, during the bilateral discussions, also supported Indian bid to
the membership in four export control regimes looking forward to the
time, when India would turn-up to be a permanent seat in the UN Security
Council. The Foreign Minister and the Foreign Secretary also discussed
Syria Issue.
The London Conference on Cyberspace of 2011 was
attended at Ministerial level from the Indian side and following the
results of the conference, both the countries started its first dialogue
on cooperation in October 2012.
India & Britain upgraded
the relationship of strategic partnership in the year 2004 and since
then the foreign ministers of both the nations have been working on the
areas of common interest in the cyber domain. Hague also supported the
United Kingdom’s move of meeting the Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra
Modi, demonstrated it as the chance of strengthening Britain’s ties
across the breadth of India.
Britain also allowed its citizens
to visit Srinagar and Jammu by lifting the ban because of the changed
ground realities of the land.
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