To strengthen defense cooperation French Minister Parly met PM Modi on day-2
New Delhi, October 28: To strengthen France's fast developing defense cooperation with India, French Defence Minister, Florence Parly visited India for two days from 27th October. It is her maiden official visit to India. She will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Saturday.
Meeting of Parly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead to wide-ranging talks ahead of the State visit of President Emmanuel Macron. PM calls for greater cooperation in the ‘Make in India’ framework in defense manufacturing and joint research and development.
Parly laid the foundation stone of Dassault-Reliance Aerospace at MIHAN, Nagpur. She received a tri-service Guard of Honour. French Defence Minister also paid floral tribute at Amar Jawan Jyoti on Friday.
Concluding her visit in Mumbai, Parly will be visiting Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) and the Western Naval Command. She will visit the yard where Scorpene submarines are being made in India with the transfer of technology under the P75 project by MDL, India’s leading public sector shipbuilders, in collaboration with French shipbuilding major, Naval Group. She will also board the first of these six Scorpene submarines INS Kalvari which is an eloquent symbol of the close Indo-French strategic partnership.
