Vigorously backed India's decision wrt J&K at UNSC,
France became the first country to have a Liaison Officer at the Indian Navy’s Information Fusion Centre (IFC-IOR).
France also joined Indo pacific oceans initiative
India France Australia trilateral naval exercises and ministerial dialogue affirm commitment for free open and inclusive Indo pacific and a rules based order in the region with ASEAN centrality
It is also the first European country to launch an Indo pacific strategy
More than 1000 french establishments already present in India with a total turnover of $US 20 B and employing around 300000 persons
India’s second largest arms supplier with one fifth of supply from 2016-20(SIPRI)
France has been constantly supporting India for UNSC membership
Defence- Jaguar, Rafale, Scorpene submarines
Tensions in NATO and increasing Chinese influence in Europe with Italy, a G7 country joining BRI, France is hedging on India as a rising power.
Navies of both the countries have carried out joint patrols off the coast of reunion islands.
Both have already signed logistics support agreements between its navies
France actualizing its “resident power” status in the Indo-Pacific has led to its emergence as India’s partner of choice in the Indian Ocean region
plan to link Reunion and A&N islands as “sister islands.”
rise of china is causing India and France to look beyond their neighborhood and look for external balancers.
After the terror attacks in France, PM Modi had called Macron and assured him that India is with France in fight against terrorism,extremism and radicalism.
France is also helping in the Smart cities mission- Nagpur, Chandigarh and Puducherry
France has been a “brother in the west” for India.
Helped India set up Sriharikota Centre for launch
ISRO and CNES(French space agency) have been cooperating since 50 years with many of Indian satellites launched from French Guyana in South America.
France is training Indian flight surgeons for Gaganyan mission
Civil nuclear cooperation was signed in 2008.
France is the 9th largest foreign investor in India.
Indian companies like Tata, Mahindra have joint ventures with Dassault, Schneider electric in the defence and electronic sector.
Varuna military exercises
International solar alliance
Recently France has also been made a member of IORA
France has appointed an Ambassador for Indo pacific region to represent its interests
Joint strategic vision for cooperation in Indian ocean region signed in 2018
