French President François Hollande had to concede that selling 36 Rafale fighters to India won’t happen during his trip to the country this week.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale – RIAT 2013) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
“We are going to take another step on the road which we hope will lead us to India’s acquisition of the 36 Rafale jets,” Hollande told reporters.
In an interview with the Press Trust of India ahead of his visit Hollande said “agreeing on the technicalities of this arrangement obviously takes time.”