From seabed to space, cyber to oceans - France and India now target grand security partnership

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India sees France as a 'trusted collaborator' in countering security challenges

 

Listing defence and security as one of the two areas of national interest for India where it looks at France as a key partner, New Delhi is exploring "ambitious ideas" for collaborative defence ventures in India which will support both countries' common interests in the Indo-Pacific region as well.

The second area, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in his address on 'How India sees France' at the Institut Francais des Relations Internationales (French Institute of International Relations or  IFRI) in Paris on Tuesday, is the transformation of its industrial sector.

Jaishankar said that in this era of "growing uncertainty", polities are searching for "reliable and resilient partners" and those with shared values and common vision fit the bill more perfectly, which is certainly the case with France and India.

Right from the first acquisition of a French fighter aircraft in the early 1950s till the arrival of the omnirole Rafale fighter jets recently, India has considered France as a critical partner for its national security.

As reported by IndiaNarrative on Monday, the strategic partnership between the two countries is expected to get further strengthened as both work together to bring niche aircraft engine technology to India and also a possible collaboration on nuclear-powered submarines.

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