India-France relations

The strong strategic and political foundation as well as the trust between India and France provide for accelerated defense and security ties in the coming years.

India, France and the UAE, which share strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific, met for a ministerial meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly last week.

India and France, amid intensifying geopolitical trends in the Indo-Pacific region, are likely to build an even closer partnership.

India has held such dialogues with the U.S. and Japan in the past.

India has long valued France's partnership on issues ranging from defense and space exploration to civil nuclear power generation.

The India-France-Australia trilateral is only the latest of the many minilaterals that are taking shape in the Indo-Pacific region.

After many twists, turns, and delays, the first batch of French Dassault Rafale fighters finally arrived in India.

A recent engagement spotlighted the broader strategic collaboration between the two countries in this realm.

New Delhi and Paris have much to do in the year ahead.

India’s defense minister attended a formal handover ceremony in France this week.

The India-France security relationship has space left to grow.