Pointing to the strategic partnership between India and France and the close cooperation between the two Navies and Air Forces, French Army Chief General Pierre Schill said the two Armies were also looking to deepen cooperation with more exercises and sharing best practices among others. On his bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart Gen. Manoj Pande, he said they exchanged the lessons learnt from the war in Ukraine and how they could manage to increase their capabilities in the future looking at conclusions from the war.
“We had very interesting discussions because, of course, obviously, every army in the world is looking at what happens in Ukraine now. This is an example, a sad example, of a large scale operation, a modern fight. Of course, when you are in Europe, and this is the case of the French Army, we are looking very carefully what happens... Every country in the world is interested, even if it’s far from this war... So, it was a sharing of conclusions...,” Gen. Schill said in an interview to The Hindu.
