France’s participation in Raisina Dialogue 2024

France is once again participating in force in the Raisina Dialogue, India’s premier conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics. This year’s French delegation comprises senior military officers, including France’s Chief of Naval Staff, senior officials from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, including the Ambassador for Digital Affairs, the Ambassador for the Poles and Maritime Issues, and the Head of the Policy Planning Centre, as well as representatives of the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement – AFD).

This delegation reflects France’s strong commitment to working with India to seek solutions for global challenges, reinvigorate multilateralism, and help build a stable international order, and a more cohesive and united world. It is also reflective of the breadth of France’s cooperation with India in the Indo-Pacific, which aims to provide a comprehensive agenda of solutions ranging from maritime security to global commons and sustainable development.

In this regard, AFD, in collaboration with ORF as part of their partnership on SUFIP (Sustainable Finance in the Indo-Pacific) Development Network, will co-host a breakfast panel on February 23rd morning focusing on “Desecuritising Development: Resilience in the Indo-Pacific”. This panel will feature experts from Papua New Guinea, the Perth USAsia Centre in Australia, Unison Capital in Japan, USAID, and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia.

Participants from France at Raisina Dialogue 2024:

Admiral Nicolas Vaujour, Chief of the Naval Staff
Major General Eric Peltier, General Officer for International Relations, Ministry for the Armed Forces
H.E. Mr Henri Verdier, Ambassador for Digital Affairs
H.E. Mr Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, Ambassador for the Poles and Maritime Issues
Mr Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Head of Policy Planning, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Mr Emmanuel Baudran, Global Head of Infrastructures, AFD
Ms Julie Marsaudon, Deputy Director for Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Asia, AFD