New Delhi, June 20 (FN Bureau) The Second India-France-Australia Trilateral Focal Points Meeting was held today, during which the three sides agreed to resume cooperation on the pillars of maritime security and safety, marine global commons and environment and multilateral engagement. The Indian side was led by Sandeep Chakravorty, Joint Secretary (Europe West) and Paramita Tripathi, Joint Secretary (Oceania), while the French side was led by Benoît Guidée, Director (Asia and Oceania) and the Australian side was led by Gary Cowan, First Assistant Secretary (North and South Asia Division), a statement said.
The three sides expressed satisfaction at the resumption of the trilateral dialogue and agreed to resume cooperation on the established pillars of the mechanism, viz. i) Maritime Security and Safety including HADR, ii) Marine Global Commons and Environment and iii) Multilateral Engagement. They identified key projects to be initiated in the coming months and agreed to explore the possibility of holding a meeting of the Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of the UNGA, it said