Context:
India and Slovakia elevated their bilateral relations to a Comprehensive Partnership during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Slovakia. Both sides signed agreements in areas such as labour migration, defence, digital technology, higher education, culture, tourism and quantum communication.
Explanation:
- Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe and is a member of the European Union, Eurozone, NATO and Schengen Area.
- India and Slovakia established diplomatic relations after Slovakia became independent in 1993 following the peaceful split of Czechoslovakia.
- A Comprehensive Partnership indicates broader cooperation beyond routine diplomacy, covering strategic, economic, technological and people-to-people ties.
- Key areas of cooperation include defence production, digital technology, labour mobility, higher education, research, tourism and cultural exchanges.
- Slovakia is important for India’s outreach to Central Europe and the wider EU market.
- India seeks cooperation in automobile, electronics, advanced manufacturing, clean energy, nuclear energy and geothermal energy.
- Labour migration agreements aim to promote safe, legal and skilled mobility of Indian professionals.
- Quantum communication and critical infrastructure protection are emerging areas of strategic technology cooperation.
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