Andre Lanata, chief of the French Air Force Staff, met his Indian counterpart Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa and discussed matters relating to inter-services cooperation, the French embassy here said today. Lante, on a four-day visit to India, also met Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat and Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra, the embassy said in a statement. Lanta arrived in India yesterday and will be here until February 8.
He laid a wreath at India Gate to honour the fallen Indian soldiers in a battle in France during World War I. "The excellence of these meetings reaffirmed the close and long-standing ties between the Indian and French armed forces with regard to inter-services cooperation and sharing operational experiences," the statement quoted French envoy to India, Ambassador Alexandre Ziegler, as saying.
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