: Modi discusses Indo-Pacific cooperation with French president amid global row on submarine deal #IndiaNEWS Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron on co-operation

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron on co-operation between the two countries in the Indo-Pacific region. The two leaders had a telephonic conversation, Reuters reported, citing a statement from Macron’s office.The talks hold significance amid a multinational diplomatic crisis in the aftermath of scrapping of a submarine deal between France and Australia last week.On September 15, Australia had announced a trilateral pact with the United States and the United Kingdom. Under the deal, Australia will receive a nuclear-powered submarine fleet from the US. The Australian government entered the deal by scrapping a 2016 agreement, under which it had selected French shipbuilder Naval Group to build a new submarine fleet worth billion (over Rs 2.94 lakh crore). The US-UK-Australia deal focuses on the concerns of these countries about China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region. On the other hand, France itself holds overseas territories of New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the region.In response to the trilateral deal, France on Saturday recalled the country’s ambassadors to Australia and the US.French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has accused Australia of “stabbing in the bach��[�ܚ]X��YHT��܈]�8�'[�[]�[�Y[�[�[��ܙ�YXX�HX��[۸�ˈ��]��]��[XH�XZ[�Z[�Y]]Y�Y[�8�'��۝�[�[�����XY[ܙH

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