India and France on Tuesday reviewed the progress of their bilateral space cooperation, including the partnership between ISRO and the French space agency CNES, at the 3rd India-France Strategic Space Dialogue in Paris, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

Source: IANS

The dialogue was co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Martin Briens, Secretary General of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. The two sides discussed avenues for furthering strategic space cooperation and pathways to facilitate commercial space collaboration between the two countries' space industrial ecosystems.

Source: MEA via IANS

3rdIndia-France Strategic Space Dialogue
2Dialogues co-chaired in Paris on Nov 10
50+ yearsISRO-CNES cooperation

Misri and Briens also co-chaired the inaugural meeting of the India-France Economic Security and Critical Technologies Dialogue and held wide-ranging bilateral talks. The Indian Embassy in France said the discussions will deepen cooperation in space, critical technologies and economic security, particularly in the area of resilient supply chains.

Source: IANS

India-France space cooperation has evolved from the early sounding-rocket experiments of the 1960s into a broad partnership covering joint satellite missions, launch-vehicle technologies, human spaceflight and emerging space applications. The third joint satellite, TRISHNA, is under development, and CNES has supported India's Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme, including with consumables and the training of flight surgeons, Minister of State Jitendra Singh said in September.

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Misri arrived in Paris on Monday for the dialogues. No new agreement or launch date was announced on Tuesday; the meetings set the agenda for deeper commercial and strategic cooperation between the two space ecosystems.