New Delhi, March 17 -- India and New Zealand agreed to deepen their defence and security cooperation and re-launch negotiations for a mutually beneficial Free Trade Agreement, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with visiting New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon here today.

The two sides also inked Memorandums of Co-operation on sports, horticulture and education.

The two Prime Ministers held closed door talks lasting 20 minutes after which they held bilateral delegation level talks for half an hour.

In his address to the media, Prime Minister Modi said that the New Zealand PM has had a long relationship with India, in reference to PM Luxon's previous stint as top executive of Unilever for which he visited India regularly...