India and France hold their fourth defence dialogue

Focus on bilateral ties

Defence Minister Rajanth Singh and his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu held the fourth India-france Annual Defence Dialogue in New Delhi on Monday and the two leaders shared the commitment to work together on enhancing cooperation in bilateral, regional and multilateral fora, with a focus on the Indo-pacific region. Singh said the discussions were “warm and fruitful”. Singh and Lecornu co-chaired the annual defence dialogue. This is Lecornu's first visit to India as Minister of Armed Forces of the French Republic. Singh held the “Fourth India-france Annual Defence Dialogue with Minister of Armed Forces of the French Republic Sebastien Lecornu in New Delhi today. The meeting was held in a very cordial atmosphere. A wide range of bilateral, regional, defence and defence industrial cooperation issues were discussed in the dialogue,” the defence ministry said in a statement.