I can not say what the outcome will be. It’s not finalised yet. “It is indeed a complex negotiation”, France’s ambassador to India, Francois Richier, told journalists on Friday.
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The Dassault Aviation finally won the contract in 2012.
Hassan Rohani is due in Paris next Monday in the first visit by an Iranian president to France in 17 years, a trip that coincides with the scheduled Syria peace talks. France has reportedly agreed in-principle to that stipulation “in the future”, a move that has helped both sides side-step this potentially contentious requirement for the moment. India has collaborated with Russian Federation on the prototype for PAK FA T-50, a fifth-generation stealth-capable fighter jet. By 2017, four MiG-21 and five MiG-27 squadrons will hit the hay from the Air Force.
An Indian foreign ministry spokesman said the deal for the 36 planes was in an advanced stage.
On November 13 past year, at least 130 people were killed in a series of coordinated terror attacks in Paris.
Authorities said France worked hard on an arrangement in India for another high-speed link, but wouldn’t instantly state which towns may be along the way.
Cameron is expected to meet with other European Union leaders at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to drum up support for his plan ahead of a February 18-19 summit to negotiate possible changes to Britain’s role in the bloc. We will, of course, have an element of solar. We will have announcements in the field of space. We will have project in the wind energy. “Investment will be announced”, he said, adding there will also be cooperation in marine biotechnology. Sources revealed that since Chandigarh museum is one the key venues to be visited by both French president Francois Hollande and Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, the team of national museum from New Delhi has also called some items from New Delhi also to show to them there. Later, he will be holding bilateral talks with the Prime Minister at Hyderabad House.
The two leaders will also jointly inaugurate the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Secretariat at the National Institute of Solar Energy in Gurgaon.
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This year, French President Fracois Hollande is the chief guest for the Republic Day celebrations. The French Embassy in New Delhi issued a statement that read: “It is not the first time that a French representation overseas has received this kind of letter”.
