Burst: the Indian government casts doubt on the future of the contract … – Boursorama

An operating Rafale in a flight demonstration on the Halim airport in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, March 25, 2015 ( AFP / File / ADEK BERRY)

India, which has just announced the purchase of 36 Rafale, live negotiate with the French government to acquire additional aircraft, has said the Indian Defence Minister, casting doubt on the giant contract negotiated since 2012 with Dassault.

The statement came after the surprise announcement Friday by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Paris for the acquisition of 36 Rafale key in hand, either directly made in France.

India was in exclusive talks with Dassault Aviation since 2012 for the purchase of 126 Rafale, 108 made on its soil, but the discussions were skating on issues of global handset costs in connection an innovative technological transfers.

The defense minister Manohar Parrikar without express officially on the future of this procedure, however, cast doubt on the possibility of reaching an agreement by this way.

“The goal could be achieved in a government to government agreement,” said Manohar Parrikar Monday night to reporters.

“Instead of spending with a call for tenders, which resulted confusion and chaos, it was decided that we would spend the G2G “(government to government), the minister added, quoted by the Indian PTI news agency reported.

The Minister said that the negotiations launched in 2012 were taken in a “whirlwind” no solution in sight.

On Friday, the French Ministry of Defence had however stated that “negotiations on the initial agreement continue. “

Initially estimated at 12 billion euros, it would be closer to 20 billion euros, the cost of production of 108 Rafale assembled in India proving higher than aircraft assembled in France.

Mr. Modi came to power in 2014, wanted out of this impasse by directly controlling devices in France to modernize the army as soon as the Indian Air (IAF), equipped partly ancient MiG-21 and MiG -27 Russian

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