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Indian non -defense cooperation has a long history.Ruchita Beri, a senior researcher at Vatican Pavilion, pointed out that in the past, the main pillar of defense cooperation between the two sides was India with military training and national defense capabilities for African countries, and the Indian army participated in the UNPK mission.Nowadays, some new measures launched by India in the past ten years show that Indian -African defense cooperation is gradually focusing on new areas such as maritime cooperation and defense equipment supply.Agra Wealth Management
First of all, the author believes that India's national defense participation in Africa has been promoted by various factors.First, India attaches great importance to the development of the relationship with African countries.Indian Prime Minister Modi emphasized that Africa is the "primary task" of Indian diplomacy.Second, energy security is another important factor.Africa produces about 8% of the world's crude oil and 6% of natural gas.India is the third largest energy consumer in the world.At present, 80% of India's crude oil demand is dependent on imports, and about 15% of oil imports come from Africa.Nigeria, Angola, Angola, Egypt, and equatorial Guinea are the major oil suppliers in the region.In addition, Africa has 30% of the world's key mineral reserves, such as cobalt, lithium and graphite required for developing low -carbon and renewable energy sources.Third, common security challenges such as terrorism and maritime security are also necessary conditions for India and national defense cooperation in the region.Some major economic partners in India, such as Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, and Mozambique, are facing increasingly serious terrorism threats.At the same time, the resurgence of the Aden Gulf Pirate Campaign is also a common concern for other countries in India and Western India (WIO) regions.Fourth, balanced India's growing influence in Africa is also another factor that prompted the Indian government to strengthen defense relations with African countries.In the past 20 years, India has made great progress in developing economic and defense relations with African countries.Indian officials are paying close attention to the increasing existence of the Indian Navy in Africa, especially the Indian Ocean coast.Indian Foreign Minister Su Jiesheng expressed concern about "the existence of the Indian Navy in the Indian Ocean and the East Coast of Africa", and India has always regarded itself as a "resident power" in the Indian Ocean region.Fifth, India has 3 million diasporas in Africa.Recently, when conflicts broke out in African countries (especially Sudan and Niger), the Indian Navy and the Air Force often implemented the security transfer of withdrawal overseas Chinese or diaspora.Maintaining the security of overseas Indians has become an important task for the Indian government.In the end, the geopolitical drama in the Sahele region in Africa, France and the United States with traditional military allies withdrawn from Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, providing unique opportunities for India's expansion of military relations with the region.These countries are turning to Russia and India to solve their security and development challenges.India can use the region's goodwill to India to achieve mutual benefit and win -win results by expanding national defense relations.Guoabong Stock
Secondly, the author reviewed the defense cooperation tradition of India and African countries.In the past, the focus of cooperation between the two parties was training and human resources development, which provided mainly through Indian technology and economic cooperation (ITEC) programs established in 1964.The national defense training course provided by ITEC covers different fields such as defense management, strategic research, logistics, marine and aviation engineering.India also dispatched a military training team to African countries and assisted countries to establish national defense training institutions, including the Hallar School of Military Ethiopia, Nigerian Institute of Defense (NDA), Nigeria Command Staff and Tanzania Command Staff College.At the India-African Defense Dialogue (IADD) held in October 2022, India proposed to further strengthen military training in African countries.In addition, India also regularly dispatches troops to the United Nations peacekeeping delegation in Africa to provide national defense support for African countries.India is the largest troop dispatch (TCC) of the United Nations peacekeeping special delegation in Africa.India is also committed to providing UN peace training for African countries.The United Nations of New Delhi has been committed to providing pre -deployment and gender sensitivity training for personnel in African countries.In 2019, India launched the first African Indian field training exercise (Afindex-19).In 2023, in the second Afindex exercise, a total of 25 countries from Africa participated in the exercise with the Indian army.
Third, the author sorted out a new way to India's non -defense cooperation in recent years.First, one of the main obstacles to expand cooperation with African defense is that the number of national defense forces in the Indian diplomacy regiment in Africa is too small.To this end, the Indian government has approved the deployment of new defense forces in the Indian envoy of Tanzania, Ethiopia, Gibi, Mozambique, and Algeria.Second, India also tries to build a mechanism -based dialogue platform with African countries.In 2020, during the Defexpo2020), India hosted the first Indian-African National Defense Minister of Defense.During the 2022 India International Defense Exhibition held in Gandhi, this mechanism was renamed "India-African Defense Dialogue" (IADD).More than 50 countries participated in IADD.In 2023, the first Indian-African Army Chief of Staff was held. The theme of this meeting was "African-Indian army promoted regional unity-amrut".The main goal of this meeting is to strengthen the coordination between India and African armed forces.Third, due to the increase in security challenges at sea, maritime cooperation has become an important area between India and African countries.In 2020, India joined the "DCOC" (DCOC) and its "Gada Amendment" as an observer.The standard provides a framework for the ability to build a pirate threat in the region. The Indian Navy has also added port visit to African countries and held bilateral and multilateral naval exercises with African countries.India has also strengthened three -sided cooperation with major countries in the Western Indian ocean region.Over the past few years, the Indian Navy participated in the "Barrite Express" exercise initiated by the Africom AfricOom near the East Africa Coast, and jointly monitored and marine surveillance and mapping on the waters along the coast of the French Navy.Another important area of Indian defense cooperation is to promote Indian defense equipment to the African continent.During the IADD held in Gandhi, India's Minister of Defense Lajanat Singh invited African countries to "explore Indian defense equipment and technology."
Finally, the author believes that it is now an opportunity to expand national defense with African countries.India needs to grasp this good opportunity.First, it needs to establish contact with Africa's ITEC plans to be trained for national defense alumni.Secondly, India should also formulate a roadmap with African defense to understand the defense needs of different countries according to local conditions.Third, India can use its UN peacekeeping missions to display India's defense technology.Fourth, considering the fiscal crisis faced by a large number of African countries, India can consider establishing a new financial mechanism to provide low -cost credit for weapons transfer.Finally, India can provide Africa with the defense partnership based on equality and mutual respect, which is a significant feature of India and the region's development partnership.
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