India-Africa Defence Dialogue

On 18^th October, 2022, the second India-Africa Defence Dialogue (IADD) was held on the sidelines of DefExpo 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The first-ever India-Africa Defence Dialogue (IADD) was held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in conjunction with DefExpo in 2020.

• Theme: ‘Adopting Strategy for Synergizing and Strengthening Defence and Security Cooperation’. India spoke about the theme as the underlying commitment of India and African countries to explore new areas of convergence.