Defence minister Rajnath Singh held the 4th India-France annual defence dialogue with Minister of Armed Forces of the French Republic Sebastien Lecornu in New Delhi .

• A wide range of bilateral, regional, defence and defence industrial cooperation issues were discussed in the dialogue.
• Defence ministers of India and France reviewed the ongoing military-to-military cooperation which has increased substantially in the recent years.
• They discussed means to strengthen maritime cooperation and increase the scope and complexity of bilateral exercises.
• They noted with satisfaction that India and France recently held their bilateral Air Exercise ‘Garuda’ at Air Force Station, Jodhpur successfully.