India, Feb. 28 -- India and the European Union (EU) are working on a security and defence partnership that will allow the two sides to jointly tackle common threats such as cross-border terrorism and attacks on critical infrastructure, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Friday.

The proposed partnership will build on work already being done by the two sides in areas such as maritime security and could pave the way for India joining the EU's defence industrial projects and diversify its military supplies, Von der Leyen said while delivering a speech at an event organised by the magazine India's World.

The two sides, she announced, are "exploring a future security and defence partnership...in the mould of the p...