<h1>India and France reaffirm strategic partnership, deepen defence, economic, tech and space cooperation, coordinate on Russia-Ukraine diplomatic solution</h1> Leaders of India and France held a bilateral call reaffirming their strategic partnership and mutual commitments under existing roadmaps (Horizon 2047, Indo-Pacific, defence industrial) to promote global peace and stability; India reiterated support for a peaceful, diplomatic resolution of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and pledged continued coordination with France. The readout notes cooperation across economic, defence, science, technology and space sectors and an invitation to a future AI summit. Legal implications include strengthened intergovernmental obligations to pursue diplomatic solutions, potential alignment on defence-industrial collaboration, and unspecified exposure to third-country trade measures referenced but not addressed.