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New Delhi, Dec 6 (ANI): With the strategic partnership between France and India entering its 12th year, both nations on Monday reiterated their determination and their commitment to work for towards peace and global security.

In a joint statement, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said: “France and India would like to work together to make the G-20 as effective as possible and help it find its place within an international system that will better reflect today’s world and challenges.

Both leaders also reiterated the need for an in-depth reform of the United Nations, including of its Security Council, to make it more representative of today’s world.

France and India also reaffirmed their wish to continue and expand their dialogue and concrete cooperation in multilateral bodies, especially in UNSC during the 2011-2012 biennum, so as to address threats such as regional crises, terrorism, climate change and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems, as well as to promote arms control and global disarmament.

The two countries also underlined the need for the adequate development of the Afghan National Security Forces to enable Afghanistan to defend its sovereignty and independence.

The two countries welcome the holding of the EU-India Summit on 10 December 2010 in Brussels and call for renewed efforts to achieve the mutually beneficial conclusion of the EU-India Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement. (ANI)