Italy: Bilateral military cooperation
India and Italy unveiled a bilateral military cooperation plan 2026-27 outlining the military engagements between the armed forces of both the countries.
- It is located in South-central Europe on the Apennine Peninsula.
- It shares its border with Switzerland and Austria in the north, Slovenia in the northeast and France in the northwest.
- It is bordered by the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Sea of Sicily in the south, the Ionian Sea in the southeast, the Ligurian Sea, and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the southwest.
- Capital City: Rome
- Geographical Features of Italy:
- Terrain: It is mostly rugged and mountainous and has some plains, coastal lowlands.
- Major Rivers: Po (It is Italy’s longest river) and Adige
- Highest Point: Mont Blanc
- Volcano: Italy is volcanic in origin, and a few of its many volcanoes are active, including Sicily’s Mt. Etna, Stromboli in the Aeolian Islands.
- Natural Resources: Coal, antimony, mercury, zinc, potash, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves.
