Paris – Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, said Friday during an official visit to Paris that his country would buy 36 Rafale fighter jets to France
I have asked President (Francois. ) Holland 36 Rafale provide turnkey, has he said at a press conference with the head of the French state.
The terms and conditions are (now) be negotiated and our services will discuss these issues in depth in order to advance the negotiations, he added.
The contract could rise to almost 4 billion euros, the price of the export Rafale is estimated at 110 million euros without arms.
The Indian government wants to acquire as soon as possible the 36 Rafale because of a critical operational requirement of the Indian Air Force, he said in an Indo-French joint statement.
In addition to custom shelf devices manufactured in France, Paris and New Delhi are committed to continue negotiations for the construction of devices in India, as part of a transfer of technology, is it clear to the French Ministry of defense.
Since 2012, France is negotiating the sale of 126 Rafale to India, of which 108 would be manufactured on Indian assembly lines.
This agreement, however, stumbled on the cost total units, higher than expected due to the need to build an assembly line and subcontractors in India and to form teams on site.
The number of bargaining units on the part of this agreement is likely to evolve after the announcement of the purchase of aircraft turn-key, according to the Ministry of Defence.
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), with partly antique Mig-21 and 27 Russian
(© AFP / April 10, 2015 7:44 p.m.).
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