Q. You’ve had a very long day. You’ve had a meeting with the prime minister, our external affairs minister as well as the national security advisor. What would you say is your one big takeaway from these meetings?
A. We had a long day; that’s correct. But I would say that we had a fruitful day, which is more important. I was honoured to be received by Prime Minister Modi and I had long and useful conversations with [EAM S.] Jaishankar and the national security advisor. We aim to give an additional dimension to our strategic partnership. We’ve had a long-lasting, fruitful partnership. We are reliable partners, and we forged it in 1998.
Q. I am told you were with President [Jacques] Chirac when the entire strategic partnership happened.
A. Exactly. I am fortunate enough to have been there, in ’98. I was the spokesperson for the late president when we launched this partnership. And I am fortunate enough today to see how much progress we have made, 25 years later. What a fantastic adventure! And we are building our partnership day-to-day: for ourselves, for common strategic autonomy, and also for the region. We are really two powers [that] dedicate most of their efforts in the region to promote peace, stability and development, and we are proud of that.
Q. I am going to come to that, but before that, a bilateral question, about India-France defence relations, which have been very strong. In recent years, India is building self-reliance. How can France help India do that, particularly in the areas of, say, fighter jet engines that India is looking for?
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