India – Africa Defence dialogue 2022

  • October 19, 2022
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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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India – Africa Defence dialogue 2022 International Relations