France and US have very strong interests in strengthening ties with India, says Secy Blinken

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the US, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said both America and France have “very strong interests” in strengthening their ties with India.

The US and France have “very strong interests” in strengthening their respective relationships with India even more, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said, while not getting into the “specific hypotheticals” of a future nuclear submarine alliance between New Delhi and Paris.

Blinken was responding to a question on would the US welcome a nuclear submarine alliance between India and France as the Quad Leaders’ Summit gets underway.