India, UK to launch technology security initiative

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - India and the UK are launching a new Technology Security Initiative (TSI) to elevate the strategic partnership between the two countries to the next level, the Indian External Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday.

“The TSI builds upon the ambitious bilateral cooperation agenda set out in the India-UK Roadmap 2030, and will bring into sharper focus collaboration in critical and emerging technologies (CET) across priority sectors,” the ministry said.

The initiative will be launched by prime ministers which will “reinforce existing collaborative efforts in various technologies, broaden the mandates of existing mechanisms, and establish new mechanisms for cooperation.”

It will be coordinated at the level of national security advisers of the two countries.

Telecommunication, critical minerals, semiconductors, and artificial Intelligence are among the focus areas of the initiative, the ministry said.

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy is currently on a trip to India, where he held talks with his counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi.