New Delhi, June 15 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron held bilateral talks in Nice on June 14 and reviewed progress in the India-France Special Global Strategic Partnership.

The two leaders agreed on measures to expand cooperation in defence, trade, technology, innovation and people-to-people ties.

The leaders agreed to further strengthen defence collaboration with a focus on co-design, co-development and co-production of defence platforms and advanced technologies.

They also discussed expanding cooperation in the space sector, including human spaceflight, space situational awareness and greater private-sector participation.

In the economic sphere, both sides reviewed the implementation of the Horizon...