India, France ink four agreements

France and India yesterday reiterated their commitment to the early implementation of the Jaitapur nuclear power project and speedy conclusion of the over $10bn deal for 126 Rafale fighter jets as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and French President Francois Hollande inked four agreements here.

Hollande, who arrived here early yesterday leading a high-level delegation which includes six ministers and a 50-member trade delegation, said France and India, which became strategic partners in 1998, are taking their relationship to “yet another stage”.

Both countries inked agreements in the railway sector, a cultural exchange programme, a letter of intent on intensification of cooperation in the fields of education, higher education and research and a statement of intent for long-term cooperation in space.

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