India, France discuss methods to spice up Indo-Pacific cooperation, focus on local weather, house challenges

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held in depth talks together with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, protecting all elements of the bilateral strategic ties in addition to regional and world challenges.
They explored methods to strengthen cooperation within the Indo-Pacific, together with the India-France-Australia Trilateral mechanism, addressing rising challenges within the maritime and house domains and dealing collectively within the space of local weather motion and biodiversity safety. An announcement by the Ministry of External Affairs mentioned that India welcomes France’s resolution to take up the “Maritime Resources” pillar of India’s Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI).
The French minister arrived right here on Monday night on a three-day go to to discover methods to additional increase cooperation between the 2 nations, together with within the Indo-Pacific area.
After the talks, Jaishankar mentioned India and France will advance their shared post-Covid agenda via “close collaboration”.
“A comfortable, substantive and productive discussion with FM @JY_LeDrian. India and France will advance their shared post-COVID agenda through close collaboration,” he tweeted.
French ambassador Emmanuel Lenain described the assembly as “excellent”.
“Excellent meeting b/w @JY_LeDrian @francediplo_EN & @DrSJaishankar @MEAIndia. The ministers discussed all aspects of the bilateral strategic partnership, regional & global challenges and cooperation at the #UNSC,” Lenain mentioned in a tweet.
In the context of the adjustments in a Covid-impacted world, a press release from MEA mentioned each ministers “recognised the immense opportunities for greater collaboration” in various sectors similar to commerce and investments, defence and safety, well being, schooling, analysis and innovation, vitality and local weather change.