India-Africa Defence Dialogue
On 18th 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.
Key Points
- 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.
- Gandhinagar Declaration: The Gandhinagar Declaration was adopted as an outcome document of IADD 2022.
- It proposes to enhance cooperation in the field of:
- Training in all areas of mutual interest by ....

