Ditched by allies, France and India to promote ‘truly multilateral’ order
The conversation came a day after France recalled its ambassadors from Washington DC and Canberra, in protest of Australia signing a multibillion-dollar nuclear submarines deal with the US and the US.
Jean-Yves Le Drian and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
France will work with India to promote ‘truly multilateral’ world order. After a telephonic conversation between French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian and his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the French foreign ministry said the two ministers has agreed to strengthen their strategic partnership. This union will be "based on a relationship of political trust between two great sovereign nations of the Indo-Pacific”.
Working on a common programme to develop a truly multilateral international order was Jaishankar's idea, ...