The French affair

• The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : The French affair

  • France was quick off the mark to conclude a civilian nuclear agreement with India in 2008; and the framework agreement signed between the French nuclear firm Areva and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India to build two of the six planned reactors in Maharashtra was an outcome of this
  • $9.3 billion
  • civilian nuclear liability legislation
  • India's permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council h
  • bilateral cooperation in the G20
  • Dassault's $10-billion bid to sell the Indian Air Force 126 Rafale fighter aircraft,
  • and push a long-pending agreement to upgrade the IAF's existing Mirage fleet