Raksha Mantri to undertake 3-day visit to Germany

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's official bilateral visit to Germany, 21–23 April 2026, to deepen the India–Germany Strategic Partnership (in existence since May 2000) on the defence-industrial track.
• Two key instruments signed: Defence Industrial Cooperation Roadmap and Implementing Arrangement for Cooperation in UN Peacekeeping Operations Training.
• Significant for UPSC as a marker of India's diversification of defence partners beyond Russia/US/France and Germany's post-Zeitenwende outreach to the Indo-Pacific.