“[India’s] economic and strategic relationship with France is expanding. France is also emerging as an important supplier of our defence equipment and platform. … France is a strategic partner.”
- India’s Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. See PTI’s story here.
France is the ninth largest foreign investor in India. Between April 2000 and November 2010, France has invested about $2 billion in India.
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