India and New Zealand on Saturday officially elevated their ties to strategic partnership as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on an official visit to Auckland at the invitation of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.PM Modi and his counterpart Luxon inked 18 agreements, setting out an ambitious framework to deepen cooperation across trade, agriculture, security, innovation and people-to-people ties over the next four years.Following the bilateral talks between both the Prime Ministers, India and New Zealand adopted the “India-New Zealand Strategic Partnership: Roadmap to 2030”Here are the key outcomes of the visitIndia-New Zealand Strategic Partnership: A Roadmap to 2030
- Ties elevated to Strategic Partnership
- Provides a structured roadmap to guide India-New Zealand partnership
- Advances cooperation across sectors including
- trade and commerce, defence and security, agri-tech, education, sport, culture, and tourism
Memorandum of Arrangement on Maritime Cooperation Between the ministry of defence of India and the New Zealand defence force
- Advances maritime security cooperation and interoperability in the Indo-Pacific
- Promotes maritime domain awareness, joint exercises, HADR and capacity building
Implementation Arrangement concerning cooperation in the matters of Hydrography and Nautical Cartography between India and New Zealand
- Strengthens hydrographic cooperation through joint production of navigational charts and hydrographic data sharing
- Builds technical capacity through training and data sharing
Arrangement concerning the provision of Mutual Logistics Support between the Indian Navy and the New Zealand Defence Force
- Facilitates reciprocal logistics support between the Indian Navy and the New Zealand Defence Force
- Improves operational reach, interoperability and defence cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
Arrangement on establishing a Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism between India and New Zealand
- Institutionalises counter-terrorism dialogue and intelligence exchange
- Strengthens cooperation against terrorism, violent extremism and transnational threats
Memorandum of Cooperation between the National Disaster Management Authority of India and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of New Zealand
- Advances cooperation in disaster preparedness, response and resilience
- Enhances capacity building and knowledge sharing
Memorandum of Cooperation in the fields of Animal Husbandry and Dairying
- Advances technical collaboration, knowledge exchange and best practices
- Benefits farmers and strengthens food security
Memorandum of Arrangement in the field of Tourism
- Promotes two-way tourism and people-to-people exchanges
- Supports economic growth and employment in the tourism sector
India-New Zealand Joint Action Plan on Sport
- Advances collaboration in sports, including high-performance sport, sports science, and sports medicine
- Promotes exchanges in priority sports and athlete development, including Rugby, Rowing, Athletics, Golf, Bowls
- Advances cooperation between sporting institutions and strengthens people-to-people ties
Memorandum of Arrangement for the development of the National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC), Lothal at Gujarat between NMHC and New Zealand Maritime Museum
- Advances museum collaboration, including knowledge exchange in design and maintenance know-how
- Advances India’s maritime heritage
- Promotes cultural tourism
Arrangement on Cultural Cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of India and the Ministry of Culture and Heritage of New Zealand
- Promotes cultural cooperation in arts, heritage and cultural initiatives
- Strengthens mutual understanding and people-to-people ties
Doubling Bilateral Trade to NZ$7 billion or Rs35,000 crore by 2030
- Boosts economic ties between India and New Zealand
- Creates new opportunities and market access for businesses
- Boosts exports and creates new jobs, especially for the youth
Establishing Maritime Security Dialogue
- Strengthens cooperation, coordination and information exchange in the domain of maritime security
- Enhances maritime security cooperation
- Deepens engagement on maritime issues between the two countries
New Zealand nominates Maritime Security as a priority pillar under the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI)
- Under seven pillars of IPOI, New Zealand has joined the maritime security pillar for cooperation in areas including combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing
- Strengthens maritime security cooperation between India and New Zealand
- Enhances regional stability in the Indo-Pacific
New Zealand joins Global Biofuels Alliance
- Strengthens international cooperation on sustainable biofuels
- Accelerates the development and adoption of sustainable biofuels
- Supports a cleaner energy transition
Launch of the Kiwi fruit Action Plan and Establishment of 2 Centres of Excellence for Kiwifruit in Nagaland and Uttarakhand
- Advances knowledge, skills and innovation for Kiwifruit production
- Diversifies the production basket of our farmers
- Boosts farmers income
Memorandum of Understanding between the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa and University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- Promotes joint research and academic exchange in developing understanding of Antarctic region
- Advances climate forecasting, climate change and polar research studies
- Supports capacity building and scientific cooperation
Memorandum of Understanding between National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli (NIFTEM-K) & Massey University, New Zealand
- Establishes a framework for cooperation in research and academic exchange
- Promotes student mobility and internships
- Advances cooperation in education and research