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Source: The post is based on the article “Defence Ministers of India, France discuss defence industrial cooperation” published in The Hindu on 29th November 2022.
What is the News?
The 4th India-France annual defence dialogue was chaired by the Indian Defence Minister and his French counterpart.
What are the key takeaways from the 4th India-France defence dialogue?
Defence Cooperation: The two countries discussed ways to strengthen defence industrial cooperation with focus on ‘Make in India’. They agreed that the technical groups from both the countries should meet early next year and take the key cooperation issues forward.
Military Cooperation: Increasing military-to-military cooperation by expanding the scope of bilateral exercises also came up during the dialogue.
– In 2021, the navies of the Quad grouping —India, the United States, Japan and Australia — conducted complex maritime drills in the eastern Indian Ocean Region as part of a French Navy-led exercise called “La Pérouse” for the first time.
– In 2022, the chiefs of the air forces of India and France flew fighter planes operated by each other during “Exercise Garuda VII” between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and French Air and Space Force (FASF) in Rajasthan.
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