{"id":50229,"date":"2025-08-02T19:30:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=50229"},"modified":"2025-08-02T19:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T14:00:16","slug":"13th-india-uae-jdcc-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/02-08-2025\/13th-india-uae-jdcc-meeting","title":{"rendered":"13th India-UAE Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC) meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ IR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral defence cooperation during the 13th India-UAE Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC) meeting, held in New Delhi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Outcomes of the 13th JDCC Meeting<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Joint Manufacturing: <\/strong>India and UAE agreed to pursue joint manufacturing initiatives, replicating the model of collaboration between ICOMM (India) and CARACAL (UAE) for small arms production.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Technology Co-Development:<\/strong> Discussions were held on co-developing next-generation technologies in emerging areas such as <strong>Artificial Intelligence, autonomy, and cybersecurity.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) <\/strong>was signed between the<strong> Indian Coast Guard and the UAE National Guard<\/strong> to deepen collaboration in Search and rescue operations, Anti-piracy missions, Pollution control response and Maritime situational awareness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Significance of the Defence Cooperation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Counterbalance to Regional Conflicts:<\/strong> India\u2019s balanced approach in West Asia enhances its role as a stabilising, non-hegemonic partner, fostering regional trust amid ongoing tensions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Maritime Security:<\/strong> The UAE\u2019s strategic location near the <strong>Strait of Hormuz <\/strong>complements India\u2019s naval presence in the Arabian Sea and enhances <strong>collaborative maritime security<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Joint maritime efforts strengthen sea lane security, trade route protection, and anti-piracy measures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>India\u2019s defence export <\/strong>and production capabilities receive a major boost through such partnerships, helping meet its target of \u20b9<strong>35,000 crore<\/strong> in defence exports by <strong>2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>UAE and India relations\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Political: <\/strong>India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) established diplomatic relations in 1972.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Multilateral Cooperation:<\/strong> India and the UAE are currently part of several plurilateral platforms such as <strong>I2U2 (India-Israel-UAE-USA) and UFI (UAE-France-India) Trilateral<\/strong>, etc.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>UAE was also invited as a Guest Country to the G-20 Summit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Economic &amp; Commercial:\u00a0 The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) <\/strong>was signed in 2022, since the agreement, bilateral merchandise trade has nearly doubled from USD 43.3 billion in FY 2020-21 to<strong> USD 83.7 billion<\/strong> in FY 2023-24.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>UAE is the second largest export destination<\/strong> of India (after the US) with an amount of nearly US$ 31.61 billion for the year 2022-23.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT)<\/strong> was signed in 2024 to protect and encourage bilateral investments by providing investor safeguards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Defence cooperation: <\/strong>It\u00a0 is steered through a Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC) at the Ministry level, with the signing of <strong>Agreement on Defence Cooperation in 2003<\/strong>, which came into effect in 2004.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Desert Cyclone exercise 2024<\/strong>, marked a milestone in military cooperation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Space Cooperation:<\/strong>&nbsp; Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the UAE Space Agency signed an MoU regarding cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes in 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Indian Community: <\/strong>Indian expatriate community of approximately <strong>3.5 million<\/strong> is the largest ethnic community in UAE constituting roughly about <strong>35%<\/strong> of the country\u2019s population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The deepening India\u2013UAE defence partnership reflects a maturing strategic relationship that now encompasses not just trade and diaspora ties but also critical areas like defence innovation, regional security, and strategic autonomy.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joint defence engagements align with India\u2019s broader objective of establishing a <strong>rules-based, multipolar regional order,<\/strong> especially in the Indo-Pacific and West Asia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2150322#:~:text=India%20and%20the%20United%20Arab,Delhi%20on%20July%2030%2C%202025.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral defence cooperation during the 13th India-UAE Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC) meeting, held in New Delhi.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Key Outcomes of the 13th JDCC Meeting<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Joint Manufacturing: India and UAE agreed to pursue joint manufacturing initiatives, replicating the model of collaboration between ICOMM (India) and CARACAL (UAE) for small arms production.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Technology Co-Development: Discussions were held on co-developing next-generation technologies in emerging areas such as Artificial Intelligence, autonomy, and cybersecurity.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Indian Coast Guard and the UAE National Guard to deepen collaboration in Search and rescue operations, Anti-piracy missions, Pollution control response and Maritime situational awareness.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/02-08-2025\/13th-india-uae-jdcc-meeting\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50229"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50252,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50229\/revisions\/50252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}