India Defence Cooperation Activity Matrix May 2026

Multilateral Ex Pragati Source PIB

Defence cooperation has emerged as a major vector in India's diplomatic engagement contributing to achieving foreign policy goals globally as well as regionally with the latter as the geographic focus constructing long lasting partnerships between the defence community and military alike as is seen from the Table below.

Multiple activities are undertaken from Ministerial Meetings - three in May, Meetings at the Secretary and Working Group level, visits by Service Chiefs, Staff talks, and technical meetings thus indicating that there is a level of connect at all levels of defence and miiltary command and staff chain.

Exercises include Multilateral as well as bilateral with two of the former held in May- the seminal deployment of IOS Sagar [Indiay Navy] and Pragati [Indian Army].

Port calls by Indian Navy warships covered the entire globe per se from Europe to the Indo Pacific and the Indian Ocean littoral.

Defence manufacturing saw an Indian private company opening a production complex in Portugal making an impact in Europe.

TABLE SHOWING ACTIVITY MATRIX MAY 2026

Level of Interaction	Country/Group	Focus Region/Theme
Ministerial Meetings	South Korea, Vietnam, Australia	Indo Pacific
Operational Activity	-	-
Secretary Level Meetings	Singapore, Netherlands, Australia, European Union	Europe, Indo Pacific, Act East
Working Group Meetings	Algeria, Australia	MENA, Indo Pacific/QUAD
CDS Services Chiefs/Senior Commanders	Indian Navy Chief Myanmar	Neighbourhood and Act East Policy
Services Level Meetings	Russia [Land Forces],	Special Strategic Partnership
Technical Group Meetings	Russia Military Technical [After Sales Support, Pricing and Contracts]	Special Strategic Partnership
Exercises Multilateral	IOS Sagar, (Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Maldives, Mozambique, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor Leste, and United Arab Emirates). Ex Pragati [Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Vietnam)	SAGAR - Security and Growth for All in the Region, and MAHASAGAR - Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions,
Exercises Bilateral	Cambodia	Act East
Training	Oman	Act West and Persian Gulf Strategy
Port Calls	Netherlands [Incoming], Yangon, Myanmar, Sindhukesari Submarine Colombo. Other warships, Cam Ranh, Vietnam Chattogram, Antigua INS Sagardhwani, Port Klang, Malaysia, Colombo INS Sudarshini, Mindelo, Cape Verde	Global maritime profile with focus on the Indo Pacific Indian Ocean Littoral, Europe
Defence Manufacturing/Exports	Portugal	European Union

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