New Delhi: India, the United States, and South Korea recently held a trilateral dialogue, a first amongst the three nations to enhance collaboration across various technological domains, including semiconductor supply chains, digital infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and more. The dialogue was aimed at strengthening cooperation in critical and emerging technology sectors.
The discussions focused on coordinating efforts to safeguard sensitive technologies and fostering trusted technological ecosystems both regionally and globally, the US embassy revealed.
The embassy said, “In this first trilateral technology meeting, the United States, Republic of Korea, and India discussed opportunities to cooperate on semiconductor supply chains, telecommunications and digital public infrastructure, artificial intelligence, quantum, space, advanced materials, clean energy and critical minerals.”
The dialogue also discussed the importance of expanding cooperation on critical technologies to support economic and national security interests, drive innovation, and contribute to technological solutions beneficial to the Indo-Pacific region at large.
Representing India was Lekhan Thakkar from the National Security Council Secretariat. The US delegation was led by Tarun Chhabra, Senior Director at the National Security Council, and Seth Center, Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology at the State Department. South Korea’s team was under the guidance of Deputy National Security Advisor Wang Yunjong from the ROK National Security Office.
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