France Reiterates It's Commitment To Support India’s Bid For Membership In NSG
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday reiterated his support to India’s bid for membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in a bilateral talk with Indian PM Narendra Modi during the second day of the G20 Leaders’ Summit.
Both countries have released a joint statement after the bilateral meeting between the leaders of the two countries. The joint statement said, “France reiterates its steadfast and unwavering support for India’s membership in the nuclear suppliers group.”
The two leaders also discussed overall progress and the next steps on the implementation of the new and ambitious goals for cooperation in areas of defence, space, nuclear energy, digital public infrastructure, critical technology, climate change, education, and people-to-people contacts.
They also carried forward their discussions on the India-France partnership in the Indo-Pacific region and Africa, including in infrastructure, connectivity, energy, biodiversity, sustainability and industrial projects. They underlined their role as providers of solutions for the Indo-Pacific through their cooperation in the framework of the International Solar Alliance, launched by India and France, and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.
Both leaders reiterated their commitment to strengthen defence cooperation through partnership in design, development, testing and manufacture of advanced defence technologies and platforms, and expand production in India, including for third countries in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. In this context, they also called for early finalisation of the defence industrial roadmap.
