India – Africa Defence dialogue 2022

Subject: International Relations

Context: The India-Africa Defence Dialogue (IADD) was held on the sidelines of DefExpo 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on October 18, 2022.

Concept:

The broad theme of the dialogue is ‘India-Africa: Adopting Strategy for Synergising and Strengthening Defence and Security Cooperation’.
India’s approach towards Africa is guided by the Kampala Principles enunciated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in 2018.
India’s engagement rests on African priorities as outlined by Africans themselves.
India also stressed the importance of making the United Nations Security Council more representative and the global world order needs to be democratized.
The first-ever India-Africa Defence Ministers Conclave was held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in conjunction with DefExpo on February 06, 2020.

What is Kampala Principles ?

The Kampala Principles is a set of ten guiding principlesfor deepening India’s engagement with Africa to help in its economic growth and tackle challenges like terrorism and climate change.
It helps to promote ownership of private sector engagement (PSE) through development co-operation by partner countries and ensure the alignment of PSE projects and programmes with national sustainable development priorities.

Gandhinagar Declaration

As an outcome of IADD 2022 the Gandhinagar Declaration was adopted.
This document has proposed to further enhance cooperation in various aspects of defence cooperation between the two sides.
It includes the field of training, increasing training slots and deputation of training teams, participation in exercises and humanitarian assistance; empowerment and capability building of the defence forces of Africa.
India also offered fellowships for experts from the African countries in the region through Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis(MP- IDSA).

Indo – Africa Fellowship programme

MP-IDSA, the knowledge partner for the IADD, will host the Fellowship Programme.
The fellowship will give an opportunity to African scholars to pursue research on defence and security issues in India. The fellows would be attached with the MP-IDSA for a period of 1-3 months. A stipend would also be provided to the scholar.

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