If Russian weapons fail in ukraine war, france needs India..!?

The friendship between india and france is very old. There was a time when all the big countries sided with india but france stood alone with India. The question is, what is the reason for this friendship between the two countries? prime minister Narendra Modi arrived in france on Wednesday. French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed PM Modi with a hug. On friday ie today, PM Modi will attend the parade as the guest of honor. PM Modi's presence as a guest of honor is being considered as an opportunity to showcase the strength and depth of bilateral relations.

Let us know that france and india established a strategic partnership in 1998, but the relationship has picked up again in the last decade. The ever-strengthening friendship between the two countries is enhancing cooperation on many issues, including sensitive and sovereign domains. The defense trade relationship is considered the most important in this friendship. france has become India's second-largest arms supplier after Russia.

Before PM Modi, manmohan singh was the chief guest at the 2009 parade. The parade was started by three indian troops singing the song 'Sare Jahan Se Achcha' and 'Kadam Kadam Bhandhae Jaa'. The French President at that time was Nicolas Sarkozy. This time also when the three armies marched towards the Champs-Élysées. During March, three French Rafale fighter jets, recently inducted into the indian Air Force, will do a flypast.

india and france have traditionally had close and friendly relations. Since the 1960s, French aircraft and helicopters (Oregon, Meister, Alize, Alouette, and Jaguar are French aircraft) have been part of the indian air fleet. In 1984, the US withdrew from an agreement to supply nuclear fuel to the Tarapur nuclear plant, citing domestic legal constraints. Then france helped india to supply nuclear fuel.

france has supported India's space program since its inception. france helped establish the Sriharikota launch site. Centaur and Viking shared rocket technologies in the 1970s. Although relations were strained by the Cold war, france proved to be one of the West's most reliable partners during the Cold war era.

france was the first country to recognize India's strategic importance after the nuclear test in 1998. According to the news published in the indian Express, the former ambassador to russia DB venkatesh Verma says that 'France supported india at a time when all the big countries had turned their backs on India. Partnership with france is the most important strategic partnership in Europe.

It was only in 1998 that the strategic partnership between the two countries started a round of mutual negotiations and consensus on many international issues apart from bilateral relations. The area of collaboration is expanding since then. Both countries are committed to the common values of democracy, fundamental freedoms, the rule of law, and respect for human rights.

In recent years, distrust of russia as an arms supplier has grown. This gave france a chance. Which is not only to strengthen the strategic partnership but also to further improve our relationship with India. Let us tell you that last year the French Defense minister visited India. Before his visit, an adviser to the French Ministry of Defense told the media, 'We are not going to sell military equipment there. Our aim is to deeply understand the importance of relationships. How india needs france to deal with china and Pakistan. Between a nuclear-powered pakistan and an aggressive china in the north, india is always in need of weapons. Meanwhile, problems have also arisen in getting weapons from Russia. Speaking to the media, EU-India relations expert Garima Mohan says that india is ready to strengthen and diversify its relations. india knows that it needs urgency to diversify its weapons and find new sources. france has already been seen as an important partner in this regard.

As India's second largest arms supplier, france has in the past made major arms deals such as the Rafale fighter jet contract. The relationship between the two countries has also deepened in the naval sphere, as india and france share a chain of Indo-Pacific islands. China's influence in this region is increasing.