France, India fire up military cooperation, nuclear energy ties
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India and France said Friday they would push their military ties beyond weapons sales and open up nuclear power cooperation as soon as New Delhi is able to enter the global atomic energy market.
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India's defence minister flies to Europe seeking closer ties with Germany and the backing of France to remove remaining Western sanctions on its military nuclear programme, officials said.
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Cold war allies India and Russia sought on Friday to instill new momentum into their longstanding relationship, tidying up energy and military ties.
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U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday he would build stronger defence ties with India, a day after New Delhi warned Washington against selling warplanes and weapons to nuclear rival Pakistan.
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Officials hailed a U.S.-India civilian nuclear cooperation deal approved by the U.S. House of Representatives Friday as the symbol of a broad shift in relations between the two countries. But the deal also highlights some of the limits of the emerging strategic partnership between India and the United States, who have sought to overcome decades of mutual mistrust.
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The leaders of India and Pakistan on Friday hailed a new era in often-fraught relations between the two nuclear rivals and agreed to study a joint pipeline project and pursue solutions to the Kashmir conflict.
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Beijing, Oct. 11 (VNA) - France and China on Sunday agreed to strengthen high-level political dialogues and exchange delegations, according to a press release issued during an official visit to China by French President Jacques Chirac.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that the U.N. nuclear watchdog and India appear to be within weeks of an agreement on oversight of New Delhi's civilian nuclear program Â a deal that is key to a U.S. atomic deal with the South Asian country.
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Cold war allies India and Russia  sought on Friday to instill new momentum into their  longstanding relationship, tidying up energy and military ties.
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Paris: French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier is to head to India Wednesday for a two-day trip aimed at reinforcing ties and examining its growing role in the world, his office said.
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A key nuclear accord between India and the United States that is on the verge of approval by Congress will be a stepping stone to enhanced military ties, a top US official said.
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India and China are due begin a joint military exercise, the first of its kind between the two armies.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in India Friday for a state visit aimed at boosting political ties, pushing for a bigger share of the booming Asian economy and revitalising weapons sales.
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France and Kuwait signed two agreements on defence cooperation that President Jacques Chirac and Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah said underlined a joint ambition to encourage stability in the Middle East.
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Nuclear-armed Pakistan and India exchanged annual lists of their nuclear facilities on Saturday as part of an agreement prohibiting attacks on such installations, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said.
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The use of middlemen by French aeronautic group Dassault to push aircraft sales in India raised a storm as French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier met New Delhi government leaders.
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India and the European Union have signed a &#39;strategic partnership&#39; deal which officials say will significantly boost their relationship.