Sputnik is live as French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell are holding a joint press conference after the Ministerial Forum for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, which took place in Paris.
The forum brought together for the first time representatives of East Africa, the Gulf, and South Africa, and participants from South Asia, South East Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific. One of the aims of the forum was to launch initiatives in such areas as connectivity and digital issues, global issues (climate, environment, and health), security, and defence.
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