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NEW DELHI:France today assured Delhi of “strongly” supporting the “Make in India” initiative.

France to support ‘Make in India’

Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier (L), French Defence Minister Florence Parly (R) and Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani at stone-laying ceremony of Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited in Nagpur. AFP



New Delhi, Oct 27

France today assured Delhi  of “strongly” supporting the “Make in India” initiative.

French company Dassault Aviation is providing 36 Rafale fighter jets, DCNS is making six submarines and is in the race to make six more. Missile maker MBDA is collaborating with India and Thales display-maker is long-established here. 

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met her France counterpart Florence Parly, who is on a three-day visit to India, at the South Block today. A statement said the duo reviewed developments in defence cooperation where France is a major partner.  

In Nagpur,  Eric Trappier, head of Dassault Aviation, and Anil D Ambani, Reliance Group chief, today laid the foundation stone of the Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL) manufacturing facility. — TNS

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