February 17, 2026 9:30 PM
India, France strengthen defence ties at annual dialogue in Bengaluru
India and France on Monday renewed their bilateral defence cooperation agreement for another 10 years and agreed to deepen military and industrial collaboration as the two sides held the sixth edition of the India-France Annual Defence Dialogue in Bengaluru. The dialogue was co-chaired by India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and France’s Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Catherine Vautrin, who discussed a range of bilateral security and defence issues, including priority a...