THE NETHERLANDS and India can collaborate to protect India’s underwater infrastructure, such as cables and pipelines, to enhance situational awareness of seabed activities, Major General (Royal Marines) Rob De Wit, Deputy Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy, told The Indian Express in an interview. He said both India and the Netherlands are exploring more opportunities for defence cooperation, and the Netherlands is willing to share details about unmanned systems with India, as it is making significant investments in this area. Major General De Wit was in India as part of a delegation, including Marisa Gerards, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, along with the visit of the Royal Netherlands Navy Ship HNLMS De Ruyter (F804), a De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate, in Kochi earlier this month. In December last year, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met the Netherlands Foreign Minister David Van Weel when a Letter of Intent on Defence Cooperation was exchanged between the two countries.…