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Union Cabinet Apprised of India & France Agreement on Cooperation on Maritime Mission
Union Cabinet Apprised of India and France Agreement on Cooperation on Maritime Mission- Details, Aim, About
The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi was apprised of the Implementing Arrangement (IA) for Pre-formulation Studies of a Maritime Domain Awareness Mission signed between India and France on March 10, 2018.
The India-France proposed joint mission will be devoted to maritime domain awareness, with the objective to provide relevant data and services to both nations.
The agreement's main aim is to monitor the maritime traffic and to identify the non-compliant ships at the maximum possible revisit frequency. The monitoring system will provide an end to end solution for detection, identification, monitoring of vessels in the regions of interest for India and France.
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Centre Nationale Dètudes Spatiales (CNES) of France will jointly undertake various activities during these pre-formulation studies.
France
Capital: Paris
Largest City: Paris
Currency: Euro (EUR), CFP Franc (XPF)
Official Language: French
President: Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister: Édouard Charles Philippe
