G20 Summit: PM Modi, French President Emmanuel Macron pledge to strengthen India-France defence ties
Also Read: G20 Summit: ‘Game-changing regional investment,’ says Joe Biden on India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor During a media briefing, Macron discussed the strategic partnership between India and France, highlighting that it goes beyond just bilateral cooperation. He stressed the importance of both countries collaborating to counter the global trend of increasing fragmentation.
Macron also characterized the India-France relationship as highly robust and, although not specifying details, mentioned that there would be more contracts and acquisitions in the months and years ahead. "French people were very proud and they felt the friendship and respect for your country," he said.
“As G20 president, India did its best to send across a message of unity and peace to the world while Russia was still waging its aggression against Ukraine," Macron said. The statement said both leaders reiterated their commitment to strengthen the defence cooperation through partnership in design, development, testing and manufacture of advanced defence technologies and platforms, and expand production in India, including for third countries in the Indo-Pacific.
"In this context, they also called for early finalisation of the defence industrial roadmap," it said. Also Read: G20 Summit: ‘G20 declaration balanced’, says Russia as summit moves to final day “The two leaders discussed overall progress and next steps on the implementation of the new and ambitious goals for cooperation in areas of defence, space, nuclear energy, digital public infrastructure, critical technology, climate change, education, and people-to-people contacts", it added.
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