Tripartite talks between India, France and Australia will take place in the Bay of Bengal 7 weeks after the French-led La Perus joint naval exercise.
The foreign ministers of India, France and Australia will hold trilateral talks in the national capital, Delhi, on April 13 to discuss measures to strengthen maritime security and to support common challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.
The meeting will be on the sidelines of a conference on geopolitics, the Raisina Dialogue, which will include 10 foreign ministers, as well as heads of state from Rwanda and Denmark. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the opening and closing ceremonies of the event.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will begin his two-day visit to India on the evening of April 12. His meeting with Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Australian Foreign Minister Mariz Payne will take place the next day. On April 13, Drian was also invited to summon Prime Minister Modi and other top Indian leaders.
India, France and Australia are on the same page to address the challenges in the Indo-Pacific. In recent times, France has acknowledged that New Delhi can play a major role in the South China Sea's commitment to freedom of navigation.
This is in recognition of the role that New Delhi can play in inviting France to invite the Indian Navy to the battlefield, with France deciding to hold the La Perez Joint Naval Exercise in the Bay of Bengal on April 4-7. The first joint exercise ever conducted in 2019 consisted of navies from the first quadrangular security dialogue or quad: Australia, Japan and other U.S. rooms.
"It (the tripartite dialogue) will be a meeting of the central powers sharing democratic politics and economic strengths and values that help each other in terms of trade and technology," said a senior Indian official.
The three foreign ministers will discuss the global security climate in the Indo-Pacific and the Chinese currency.
In the Indo-Pacific, President E. When Marcon, the French ambassador who is an adviser, explained to the heads of the highest diplomatic missions and multilateral agencies in Paris that Paris expects New Delhi to play this new role in the region. This week. Piot emphasized the role of France, Australia and India in the Indo-Pacific in his virtual briefing and particularly focused on the role of New Delhi in the efforts.
A former foreign secretary has stressed the government's decision to stand with China when it seeks to extend its territory to the Line of Control.
"After Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the People's Liberation Army to stand up to the arbitrary aggression in eastern Ladakh in May 2020, not only the quad forces, but also the key strategic allies, France and the UK, were the centers of India's independence. Accept navigation recognition in the Indo-Pacific," he said.
Foreign Minister Jaishankar, who is known to be responsible for China's behavior in eastern Ladakh, Caledonia and the island, respectively, had close ties with Drian and Payne, as well as representatives of democratic forces, officials said. Is brought under pressure from. Pacific.
While India and France have deep defense cooperation with each other, under Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Australia has pushed the pedal not only on bilateral relations with New Delhi but also on military relations through multilateral naval exercises such as Malabar 2020. Closed.
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