India, France Working On "Broad Agreement" In Nuke Energy
By Network on September 05,2006
France on Monday said it was working out details of a "broad agreement" with India for supply of nuclear reactors for meeting New Delhi`s civil energy needs.
"We understand the critical energy needs of India and the process for a broad agreement on supply of nuclear reactors and fissile material is at a crucial stage," French defence Ministry spokesman Jean-Francois said.
He was speaking after a meeting in Paris between the visiting Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his French counterpart Michelle Aliotte-Marie during which the two sides discussed ways to chalk out cooperation in civilian nuclear energy and took stock of Indo-French defence projects. They also reviewed the situation in Lebanon and Afghanistan.
Mukherjee and Alliote had a one-to-one meeting followed by delegation-level talks between the two countries.
"The nuclear energy agreement has to be compatible with French government concerns on non-proliferation and should not send wrong signals to other countries," the French spokesman said.
He said the two countries also discussed India`s requests for collaboration in the high-tech weapon systems and progress in the current weapons supply projects.
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