New Delhi, April 17 -- India and Austria on Thursday agreed on measures to strengthen cooperation in defence, counter-terrorism, trade and mobility of professionals, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker emphasised that problems cannot be resolved through the conflicts in West Asia and Ukraine. Stocker, the first Austrian chancellor to visit India in more than four decades, is accompanied by a 60-member business delegation, signalling Vienna's intention to ramp up trade and investment ties by building on the India-European Union (EU) free trade agreement that is expected to be signed later this year. "By combining Austria's expertise with India's speed and scale, we will ensure reliable technology and supply chains for the entire world. We will strengthen our partnerships in defence, semiconductors, quantum and biotechnology," Modi told reporters in a joint media interaction with Stocker. "The entire world is going through a very serious and tense situation, and it is affecting all of us. In such a tense global environment, India and Austria are unanimous that military conflict cannot solve problems. Whether in Ukraine or West Asia, we support a stable, sustainable and lasting peace," Modi said, speaking in Hindi. Stocker said he and Modi share the view that conflicts can be resolved only through negotiations, and emphasised that stability, trust and reliable partnerships are a "strategic necessity" in an era of geopolitical disruption. "Power centres are shifting and new alliances are being created and conflicts are becoming more complex," he said. "That is why India is such a reliable partner and valued by Austria." "We are in favour of a rules-based world order, and not a world in which might is right," Stocker added. Besides launching a cybersecurity dialogue, the two sides signed a letter of intent on military cooperation to boost defence industrial and technology partnership by building on the India-EU defence and security partnership concluded in January. Another letter of intent on creating a joint working group on counter-terrorism will advance strategic cooperation in countering radicalisation and extremism, disrupting terror financing linkages and channels, including through the UN and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and preventing exploitation of emerging technologies for terrorism. Both sides condemned all forms of terrorism, including cross-border terror, and Modi and Stocker strongly denounced the terrorist attack in Pahalgam and the terror incident near the Red Fort last year and sought concerted global efforts to fight terrorism....