President Macron and Prime Minister Modi have pledged to work with Indo Pacific
French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have pledged to work together in the Indo-Pacific region as tensions with Australia and the United States escalate.
The announcement was made by President Macron's office in a telephone interview, with officials saying they would work together in the region a few days after Australia withdrew from the submarine trade agreement with France and instead entered into an agreement with the United States to acquire submarines as part of it. of a new military alliance with the United States and Britain. President Macron has assured
Prime Minister Modi that France will continue to commit itself to strengthen India's strategic capabilities including its industrial and technological strongholds as part of a close relationship built on the basis of trust and mutual respect.
Negotiations between Macron and Modi have taken place ahead of scheduled talks between him and US President Joe Biden. France is outraged by the US move to secretly lead talks on a new military strategic alliance known as AUKUS as well as an agreement to sell nuclear submarines to Australia.
