‘Indo-Pacific is of growing strategic importance and is the centre of gravity for world economic growth’ Premium

Within the Indo-Pacific strategy, we have developed a privileged partnership with India. I have come on a regular basis to engage further with our India colleagues on how we can partner together across the Indo-Pacific and this time for the first time we had a meeting of all French ambassadors posted in countries around the Indian Ocean which was attended by colleagues posted in Eastern Africa, the Middle East countries and South Asia. It was the first time we had this opportunity to confront our analysis, assessment, ideas, and initiatives and see how we could push forward our Indian Ocean agenda. It is very useful to have a perspective within the conceptual framework of our Indo-Pacific strategy.

French Ambassador for the Indo-Pacific, Marc Abensour, who is on a visit to India to attend a conference of France’s ambassadors to the Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific nations in Delhi, made a stopover at Bengaluru where he took time off to speak to The Hindu on a wide range of topics from France’s friendship with India to China’s dominance in the Indo-Pacific region.