New Delhi [India], Goa Shipyard Limited of the Indian Ministry of Defense signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Damen Shipyard for cooperation in the field of E-Tugs, in the presence of Lisje Schreinmacher, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands. . According to Goa Shipyard Limited, the MoU paves the way for new vistas to provide state-of-the-art reliable and green solutions to Indian ports.
Damen Group is a Dutch defence, shipbuilding and engineering group company based in Gorinchem, Netherlands. With 54 companies, it has shipyards and service hubs around the world. Netherlands Minister Schreinmacher on Thursday called India a "bi-geopolitical player" for the Netherlands.He praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's work in making India a "really important geopolitical player". In an interview with ANI, Schreinmacher said that India and the Netherlands have a "very good economic partnership." He said the two countries have an economic relationship worth approximately 20 billion euros and believes this number can only increase. On Modi's work for India, the Netherlands' Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation said, "Well, you see India becoming a really important geopolitical player, and I think it's because of that thinking. There is also what your Prime Minister has worked for and established." India on the map. So in this respect you can say that he has a big role in this respect. Highlighting India's role in the Indo-Pacific, Schreinmacher said India is a big geopolitical player and economic player for the Netherlands.He said, "For us, it is very important that we really see India as a bi-geopolitical player and economic player in the region. So when we talk about Indo-Pacific stability and security So we cannot do this without India and that is why I am here, as trade minister, to enhance this cooperation. Where can we improve our economic relations? Our economic relations are already good, but we can always improve it."