New Delhi, India - Sarkozy meets the Indian Prime Minister
(WAPA) - Starting from today the French President Nicolas Sarkozy has started the official visit to India to strengthen the bilateral relationships between in two Countries, and even if there are not important negotiations, they will discuss about the armaments.
Arrived onboard the presidential Airbus aircraft, Sarkozy was received by the Head of State Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the authorities payed homage to the Mahatma Gandhi monument, and later the French President met the Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
India should announce the next offer reserved to the French Defense industrialists for the modernization of 51 Mirage 2000 fighters, a deal worth 1.5 billion Euro.
Another matter to be discussed is the cooperation about civil nuclear: India owns the atomic bomb and rejects the signing of the non proliferation Treaty.
The Indian market of armaments, valued at around 30billion dollars, might be another discussion subject, given the annulment last December of the offer for the supply of 197 helicopters, a tender eventually won by Eurocopter. Currently there is still a tender announced by the government of New Delhi for the purchase of 126 new fighter airplanes. The competitors are: Russian MiG, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, French Dassault Rafale, EADS with the Eurofighter Typhoon and SAAB Gripen.
(Avionews)
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