Overview
- Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and French secretary‑general Anne‑Marie Descôtes co‑chaired the New Delhi meeting, which reviewed a year of progress and committed to close coordination.
- Both sides underscored continued work on Small and Advanced Modular Reactors in line with their February 2025 declaration of intent.
- The partners explored joint civil‑nuclear initiatives with third countries and agreed to advance cooperation in trilateral formats.
- Local reports said an implementing agreement between Indian and French nuclear bodies was finalised to train nuclear professionals.
- The talks also spanned defence, innovation, space and counter‑terrorism, with exchanges on Ukraine and West Asia, as France flagged an AI Impact Summit invite, a 2026 India–France Year of Innovation, EU‑India trade support and a goal of hosting 30,000 Indian students by 2030.