Asia-Pacific - Q&A (25 August 2023)

About the Asia-Pacific: Australia and the Philippines held joint military exercises in the South China Sea. Does France intend to involve its Pacific naval forces in this kind of exercise? Wouldn’t that be an opportunity to advance its Indo-Pacific strategy?

France collaborates with a certain number of armed forces in the Indo-Pacific, particularly India, Japan and Indonesia.

For more specific information on the exercises that France carries out in that part of the world, we would suggest you contact the Ministry for the Armed Forces.