India and France are holding negotiations for the price and other important issues for the 26 Rafale Marine fighter aircraft deal for the Indian Navy. The talks, that were earlier supposed to be held on May 30 but were postponed to the second week of June apparently in view of the Lok Sabha elections in the country, are being held as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on his first away visit in his third term to Italy to attend the G7 Summit. He held a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Apulia on the sidelines of the Summit.
“The French delegation is in New Delhi, including officials from their Directorate General of Armament which is looking after the sale of the Rafale jets to India,” defence sources told news agency ANI.
