Nirmala Sitharaman meets French counterpart

New Delhi: Visiting French defence minister Florence Parly on Friday met her Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman and discussed ways to further boost military ties, co-developing and supply of military platforms besides paving the ground for the forthcoming India visit of President Emmanuel Macron’s to New Delhi in December.

The talks included deliberation of the regional security situation, enhancing maritime cooperation, transfer of critical technology for various defence projects and ways to ramp up overall strategic ties, an official said.

Ms Parly, who is here on a two-day visit, is also likely to meet PM Narendra Modi.