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India will be part of France-led exercises that will take place in early April this year in the Bay of Bengal.
With the Indian Navy s addition, all Quad member countries - US, Japan, and Australia will be part of France initiated joint naval exercise.
New Delhi: India will be part of France-led exercises La Pérouse that will take place in early April this year in the Bay of Bengal. With the Indian Navy s addition, all Quad member countries - US, Japan, and Australia will be part of France initiated joint naval exercise.
France initiated the joint naval exercise La Pérouse in 2019 and that time had included US, Japanese, and Australian forces. The exercises have been named after La Pérouse a French naval officer and explorer from in 18th century.
Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, February 24
India on Wednesday discussed the nuts and bolts of advancing trilateral cooperation with France and Australia in the Indo-Pacific which is seeing increasing
Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, February 24
India today discussed the nuts and bolts of advancing trilateral cooperation with France and Australia in the Indo-Pacific which is seeing increasing Chines
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): In an important meet on Wednesday, senior officials of India, France and Australia discussed the next steps to be taken for furthering trilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
According to a statement by the Ministry of External Affairs, The three sides took stock of the progress made on the outcomes of the Foreign Secretary-level Trilateral Dialogue held in September 2020, including Maritime Security, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR), Blue Economy, Protection of Marine Global Commons, Combatting Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Fishing and Cooperation in Multilateral Fora.
The Indian side was led by Sandeep Chakravorty, Joint Secretary (Europe West) while the French side was led by Bertrand Lortholary, Director (Asia and Oceania) and the Australian side was led by Gary Cowan, First Assistant Secretary (North and South Asia Division) and John Geering, First Assistant Secretary (Europe and Latin America Div