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Finance Minister Sitharaman discusses ways to boost financial connect between India, France
This story was originally published at 09:38 IST on 4 July 2026
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NEW DELHI - Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Roland Lescure, minister of economy, finance, industrial, energy, and digital sovereignty of France, co-chaired the India-France Economic and Financial Dialogue Friday and discussed potential areas for bilateral cooperation. The two leaders discussed cooperation in critical minerals, economic sovereignty and security policies to further enhance the financial industries' connect between India and France.
"As the economic relationship between India and France deepens within the broader framework of the special global strategic partnership, resuming high-level exchanges on international outlook, bilateral cooperation and outcome-oriented solutions had become essential," the finance ministry said in a release.
During the dialogue, the two leaders committed to find greater alignment of India-France positions within multilateral economic platforms such as the G-20 and the Paris Club. They discussed "ways to increase cross-investments, opportunities in the high-speed railway sector following-on from the signature of the declaration of intent on railways," the ministry said.
The two ministers also pledged to use the economic and financial dialogue as the main platform for addressing economic, financial, technological, investment and trade matters between India and France, according to the release. They agreed on exploring the possibility of holding the next edition of the dialogue in 2027, it added. End
Reported by Priyasmita Dutta
Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj
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