Bula Devi reports from New Delhi
New Delhi Feb14:-
India and France held the Bilateral Dialogue on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in Paris on Friday. Having completed 25 years of strategic partnership with “consistency and all-round progress”, the two countries are engaging actively on a priority basis, holding on the momentum of bilateral relationship despite the current disorder across the world.
The meeting comes a few days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Paris beginning of the week although these meetings are normally scheduled way in advance.
At the Bilateral Dialogue on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, the two sides discussed developments in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation relating to the nuclear, chemical, biological domains, as well as outer space security, conventional weapons including AI in the military domain and Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, and multilateral export control regimes, stated the Ministry of External Affairs.
The Indian delegation was led by Muanpuii Saiawi, Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs), Ministry of External Affairs, while the French delegation was led by Guillaume Ollagnier, Director for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
No further information on the discussions was available.
