France says it helps India at UNSC towards China’s procedural video games

Emmanuel Bonne, the diplomatic advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron, stated throughout his go to to India that France had been supporting India on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) towards China’s ways of taking part in “procedural games“. Bonne, who had come to India for the annual strategic dialogue between the two countries, said on Thursday, “When China breaks the rules, we have to be very robust and very clear and this is the sense of our naval presence in the Indian Ocean”.
France supported India on Kashmir difficulty: Bonne
“On direct threats to India, we have always been very clear. Whether it be on Kashmir, we have been very supportive of India in the Security Council, we have not let the Chinese play any kind of procedural games. When it comes to the Himalayas just check our statements, we are perfectly clear. What we say publicly, we say to the Chinese also privately, there is no ambiguity”, he added.
Speaking on “France and India: Partners for a Stable and Prosperous Indo-Pacific” at an occasion organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) stated that France is near the QUAD, comprising of the US, Japan, Australia and India” and that the nation might maintain some naval exercised with these international locations in future. Regarding the French Navy’s patrols within the Taiwan Strait, Bonne stated that it was not performed as a provocation however to claim the need to observe the worldwide legislation. French Navy is the one European Navy that patrols within the Taiwan Strait.
France’s relations with Pakistan at historic low: Bonne
Bonne slammed Pakistan on the difficulty of terrorism and talked about that France’s relations with Pakistan have been at a ‘historic low’. “Let us not go for confrontation and I understand that it’s much easier to say this from Paris than from Delhi when you almost have a problem in the Himalayas and when you have Pakistan at your border”, stated Bonne. He stated that he talked with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on the Strategic Dialogue about strategic alternatives in addition to the bilateral defence, safety relationship and navy cooperation between the 2 international locations. “In particular, we are sharing information, we are maneuvering together our navies, our air and space commandments are coordinating. We are building capacities and cooperating. When it comes to Indian Ocean, we are working on maritime surveillance”, he added.
Emmanuel Bonne is prone to name on different Indian dignitaries throughout his go to. The final version of the strategic dialogue was held in February 2020 in Paris.