Indian Army in Parade, Indian Rafales to fly over French skies on Bastille Day: Envoy Emmanuel Lenain
  • 10 months ago
India and France are working on several commercial and government-to-government agreements that may be inked during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's forthcoming visit to France.

India and France will be cooperating and aiming for joint production in high technology during PM Modi's visit to the European nation.

When asked what agreements can be signed during the visit, the French Ambassador to India, Emmanuel Lenain said, "There will be a lot of them, each time there is an important meeting at that level, there will be some new momentum for cooperation…We work in the spirit of partnership, French companies have been the pioneers for years for make in India and now we totally understood the philosophy of Aatmanirbhar Bharat and they really want to share best technologies and to develop jointly in future..."


When asked about the status of delivery of Indian Rafales, the French envoy told, "Of course, I mean, there are 36 Rafales for the Air Force that have been delivered on time. In spite of COVID, and anything. People in our industry have been working extra shifts, day and night and weekends to deliver to the Indian Air Force, on time."


Describing "trust" as the core of the partnership between India and France, he said that this relationship between the two nations allows them to bet and jointly develop technologies and commit to each other.
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