Modi-Macron favour early finalisation of the Defence Industrial Roadmap
economictimes.indiatimes.comIndia and France on Sunday decided to focus on early finalisation of the Defence Industrial Roadmap when PM Narendra Modi met French counterpart Emanuel Macron over a lunch meeting here following the G20 Summit.
The 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 Indo-Pacific and beyond. In this context, they also called for early finalisation of the Defence Industrial Roadmap, according to a joint statement issued following the talks.
Laying emphasis on areas such as digital, science, technological innovation, education, culture, health and environment cooperation, both leaders called for strengthening of institutional linkages in these domains, on the model of the Indo-French Campus for the Indo-Pacific.
