INDO-FRENCH RELATIONS: HORIZON 2047 AND NEW AREAS OF COOPERATION

Over the past 25 years, India and France, two countries with similar goals and ideals, have developed a solid and long-lasting partnership. They started a spectacular partnership in 1998, which included a convergence of ideas on world matters in addition to a strong bilateral relationship. This was the start of a strategic journey. The bilateral relationship's past is distinguished by a history of nuclear cooperation, a common goal of strategic autonomy, France's measured response to India's 1998 nuclear tests, and its unwavering support for the expansion of the UN Security Council. The strategic alliance that emerged after 1998 prioritizes space and defense agreements, but trade and investment must also be increased. Although there are differences in opinion on some global issues and negotiations on sensitive technologies move slowly, there is a bipartisan consensus in both countries about the importance of building a relationship that is regarded as truly significant, even though it is not at the top of their respective foreign policy agendas. This is in addition to the important role that individual leaders play in shaping policy. Notably, the India-France connection goes beyond economics to include collaboration in historically important fields like aerospace, defense, and space as well as nascent industries like smart cities and allied infrastructure. The study makes the case that ties between France and India are about to soar to even higher levels. The alliance between France, a significant European power, and India, the largest democracy in the world, has significant weight in international affairs and provides a forum for discussion of local and global issues. Both nations understand how critical it is to build on this collaboration going forward, seeing it as a model for upholding regional peace and opening doors for ground-breaking developments in a number of globally significant fields.

               

KEYWORDS: Spectacular Partnership, Ground-Breaking Developments, Allied Infrastructure.


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