India-Africa summit: 12 African leaders talk terror, defence with PM Narendra Modi

In twelve of nineteen bilateral conversations Prime Minister Narendra Modi had Wednesday, leaders of African countries focused on counter-terrorism, defence cooperation and anti-piracy operations, South Block officials said.

This is being seen as a significant shift in the bilateral conversation with African leaders who would otherwise focus on concessional lines of credit, agriculture, education and increased investments in infrastructure.

“This is a major change which we observed on the first day of bilateral meetings with the African leaders who are battling the rising spectre of terrorism and piracy in their backyard. They want to increase the capability of their defence forces and have a robust intelligence-sharing mechanism,” a top South Block official told The Indian Express.  Read More…

 

India-Africa summit: 12 African leaders talk terror, defence with PM Narendra Modi

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