India reiterated its policy of zero tolerance against terrorism at the 8th India-Spain Foreign Office Consultations held in New Delhi today.

 

 

The Indian delegation was led by Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (West) Sibi George, and the Spanish delegation was led by State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affairs Diego Martínez Belío.

 

 

During the discussions, the two sides expressed happiness at the growing India-EU strategic partnership and discussed regional and global issues of mutual concern, including in the global fight against terrorism.

 

 

 

The two delegations reviewed the entire spectrum of bilateral relations, including political, economic and commercial, infrastructure, railways, defence and security, science and technology, cultural, tourism and people-to-people ties.

 

 

Both sides noted with satisfaction the progress made in the flagship bilateral Make in India C-295 project. The first aircraft is expected to be rolled out from Airbus-TATA C-295 final assembly line plant in Vadodara next year.

 

 

The two sides agreed that the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in 2026 as the India-Spain Year of Culture, Tourism and Artificial Intelligence provided a welcome framework to further strengthen bilateral cooperation.

 

 

The Indian side thanked the Government of Spain for supporting the country’s interest in joining the Ibero-American Conference as an Associate Observer.

 

 

India and Spain have witnessed upward momentum in the intensity of bilateral ties, following the landmark visit of President Pedro Sanchez to India in October 2024 and the visit of External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar to Spain in January 2025.

 

Both sides looked forward to continuing high-level interaction and exchanges as well as regular meetings of institutional mechanisms in trade and investment, defence, science and technology, audio-visual co-production and sustainable urban development.