France to work with India to defend truly multilateral international order
New Delhi Sep 18 PTI France on Saturday said French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar agreed to work on a common programme of concrete actions to jointly defend a truly multilateral international orderAfter a phone conversation between Le Drian and Jaishankar the French foreign ministry said the two ministers also decided to deepen their strategic partnership based on a relationship of political trust between the two great sovereign nations of the Indo-PacificDiscussed recent developments in the Indo-Pacific and Afghanistan with my friend FM JYLeDria Looking forward to our New York meeting Jaishankar tweetedThe conversation between the two foreign ministers came a day after France recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia in protest against a trilateral security alliance among theUS and the UK and AustraliaThe alliance resulted in France effectively losing a multi-billion dollar deal to build 12 conventional submarines for Australia France is also upset over its exclusion from the allianceIndia is yet to react to the formation of the trilateral security partnershipThe two ministers decided to deepen their strategic partnership based on a relationship of political trust between two great sovereign nations of the Indo-Pacific the French foreign ministry said in a statementIt said they also discussed the situation in Afghanistan which is deterioratingThe two ministers agreed to meet again in New York next week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly to work on a common program of concrete actions to jointly defend a truly multilateral international order the ministry saidThe AUKUS Australia the UK and the US partnership was unveiled by US President Joe Biden Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and British PM Boris Johnson on ThursdayAustralias High Commissioner to India Barry OFarrell on Friday said Chinas massive military modernisation programme challenging strategic environment in the Indo-Pacific and intensification of great power competition in the region prompted Canberra to become part of the ambitious AUKUS partnershipIn a statement Le Drian on Fridays said he was recalling French ambassadors to the US and Australia for consultations following a request by President Emmanuel MacronThis exceptional decision is justified by the exceptional gravity of the announcements made on 15th September by Australia and the United States the French foreign ministers saidThe cancellation of the attack class submarine program binding Australia and France since 2016 and the announcement of a new partnership with the United States meant to launch studies on a possible future cooperation on nuclear-powered submarines constitute unacceptable behaviour between allies and partners he said PTI MPB TIR TIR
New Delhi Sep 18 PTI France on Saturday said French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar agreed to work on a common programme of concrete actions to jointly defend a truly multilateral international orderAfter a phone conversation between Le Drian and Jaishankar the French foreign ministry said the two ministers also decided to deepen their strategic partnership based on a relationship of political trust between the two great sovereign nations of the Indo-PacificDiscussed recent developments in the Indo-Pacific and Afghanistan with my friend FM JYLeDria Looking forward to our New York meeting Jaishankar tweetedThe conversation between the two foreign ministers came a day after France recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia in protest against a trilateral security alliance among theUS and the UK and AustraliaThe alliance resulted in France effectively losing a multi-billion dollar deal to build 12 conventional submarines for Australia France is also upset over its exclusion from the allianceIndia is yet to react to the formation of the trilateral security partnershipThe two ministers decided to deepen their strategic partnership based on a relationship of political trust between two great sovereign nations of the Indo-Pacific the French foreign ministry said in a statementIt said they also discussed the situation in Afghanistan which is deterioratingThe two ministers agreed to meet again in New York next week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly to work on a common program of concrete actions to jointly defend a truly multilateral international order the ministry saidThe AUKUS Australia the UK and the US partnership was unveiled by US President Joe Biden Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and British PM Boris Johnson on ThursdayAustralias High Commissioner to India Barry OFarrell on Friday said Chinas massive military modernisation programme challenging strategic environment in the Indo-Pacific and intensification of great power competition in the region prompted Canberra to become part of the ambitious AUKUS partnershipIn a statement Le Drian on Fridays said he was recalling French ambassadors to the US and Australia for consultations following a request by President Emmanuel MacronThis exceptional decision is justified by the exceptional gravity of the announcements made on 15th September by Australia and the United States the French foreign ministers saidThe cancellation of the attack class submarine program binding Australia and France since 2016 and the announcement of a new partnership with the United States meant to launch studies on a possible future cooperation on nuclear-powered submarines constitute unacceptable behaviour between allies and partners he said PTI MPB TIR TIR
