Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan concluded a comprehensive visit to France, which reaffirmed the continued long-standing strategic partnership between India and France, and further reinforcing the bilateral defence cooperation between the two nations.
The interactions of General Chauhan with Patrick Pailloux, Director of Civil & Military Cabinet of the Minister of the French Armed Forces, and Lt Gen Vincent Giraud, Chief of Military Cabinet of the Minister of the Armed Forces at the apex level and also with his counterpart, General Thierry Burkhard (CEMA) have enabled exchange of views on areas of common interests and mutual security concerns.
Deliberations at France’s Directorate General of Armament for enhancing the exchange of high-end dual-use technologies followed by interactions with the top leadership of the French Defence industry, including Dassault, Safran and Naval Groups, and Thales Alenia Space, towards futuristic capacity building of the Indian Armed Forces, would provide an impetus to indigenisation.