Air Marshal Tejinder Singh, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC), interacted with Lt Gen Dominique Tardiff, Vice Chief of the French Air and Space Force, with discussions focusing on strengthening India-France defence cooperation.
The interaction covered a range of areas including defence cooperation, intelligence sharing, training and capacity building in the space domain. The two sides also discussed expanding defence industrial collaboration between India and France.
The discussions highlighted the scope for further cooperation in areas related to intelligence sharing and training, alongside capacity building in space. The interaction also focused on strengthening defence industrial collaboration between the two countries.
The engagement between the senior Indian and French military officials provided an opportunity to discuss areas of mutual interest in defence cooperation and explore avenues for expanding existing collaboration.
Space emerged as one of the key areas of discussion, with the two sides focusing on training and capacity building in the domain. The talks also covered intelligence sharing and broader defence cooperation.
The discussions further underlined the importance of defence industrial collaboration between India and France, with both sides looking at expanding cooperation in this area.
The interaction reflects continued engagement between the Indian and French armed forces across defence cooperation, intelligence sharing, training, space capacity building and defence industry collaboration.
