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India, France vow to fight terror
Indian and French companies on Saturday signed 16 back-to-back agreements as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting French President Francois Hollande vowed to fight terror jointly.
Chandigarh: Indian and French companies on Saturday signed 16 back-to-back agreements as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting French President Francois Hollande vowed to fight terror jointly.
- Modi welcomes Hollande in Chandigarh
The India-France Business Summit brought together 25 corporate honchos from both countries as Hollande kickstarted his three-day India trip with a touchdown at Chandigarh which has a strong French connection it is designed by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier.
Speaking at the summit, Hollande said one of the main agendas of his visit was to foster ties between Paris and New Delhi to tackle terrorism as both were affected by the menace.
Hollande said India and France have had over the years, beyond the strategic partnership, the willingness to work in the same direction. “I will talk about two: first, security, because we are affected by regional crisis and also terrorism. Both countries have been hit.
So together we will increase our exchanges, cooperation between services and act to reinforce our military equipment. It is part of the agenda for this trip,” he said.
The French president said the trip to India was special to him because he has been invited to celebrate the Republic Day with French troops joining the military parade. “It is the best symbol to illustrate the relations between France and India,” he added.
Modi said India was the fastest growing economy in the world. “We have the labour and the market for your (French) products,” he said. “We want to venture into defence manufacturing and France and India can do a lot together.” Earlier, Modi and Hollande met at the iconic Rock Garden, with both greeting each other with a warm hug.
