PM Modi, France’s Macron talk defence cooperation

Thursday, 5 May 2022newsdesk

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and France’s Emmanuel Macron Wednesday discussed the situation in Ukraine and the defence cooperation in their first bilateral meeting since the French President got re-elected last month after a tough election.

New Delhi, 05 May 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, the two leaders met in Paris late on Wednesday, and a readout of their meeting came early Thursday. Modi, who was on a trip to Germany and Denmark, made a brief stopover to meet Macron in Paris on his way back to New Delhi. The joint statement said, “France reiterates its strong condemnation of the unlawful and unprovoked aggression against Ukraine by Russian Forces” — a unilateral statement showing the divergence between New Delhi and France.

Source - The Indian Express