By: Shree1news, 06 NOV 2021
France reiterated its commitment to absolutely support prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat and defence industrialisation, joint research and technology improvement in India throughout a extensive range of advanced competencies, the Indian embassy in Paris stated on Saturday after the talk among national security advisor Ajit Doval and Emmanuel Bonne, Diplomatic advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron. What has been left unsaid inside the declaration is France is willing to be a technology partner with India for the development of the ultra-modern army technologies in air, sea, land and cyber domains.
Onthe sidelines of the annual India-France Strategic dialogue, Doval additionally met French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and defence minister Florence Parly. He reiterated that France is one in all India’s optimal global and Indo Pacific partners.
In keeping with the Indian embassy, France stressed persevering with its commitment to the Indo Pacific area and termed its partnership with India as a “major pillar of its Indo Pacific strategy.”
In the course of the yearly strategic dialogue and conferences, sides reaffirmed that their strategic partnership has a vital role to play in advancing peace, stability and safety in the Indo Pacific region, a vision spelt out during the latest meeting between PM Modi and the French President on the sidelines of G20 Summit.
The Indian and French delegation mentioned the global protection environment, such as current developments and long term challenges in the Indo Pacific region, the Afghanistan situation and the continuing challenge of terrorism. emerging threats in maritime, cyber and area domains were additionally mentioned as they agreed that the emerging trends in worldwide affairs reinforce the want for a better partnership between India and France, especially on world forums.
The democratic values and a common perception in strategic autonomy, rule of law, multipolarity and multilateralism were the basis of the mutual trust and partnership between the two nations, the embassy stated.
Source:HT