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PM Modi with French president Macron (PTI photo)
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Tuesday said India and France would jointly manufacture the world's archetypal chopper that would alert to the heights of Mount Everest.During the associated property briefing alongside French president Emmanuel Macron, PM Modi said the concern betwixt New Delhi and Paris "knows nary boundaries" and that it "can scope from heavy oceans to the tallest mountains".PM Modi and French president Macron virtually inaugurated assembly enactment for accumulation of Airbus H125 helicopters astatine Vemagal successful Karnataka."In India, the initiation of his chopper assembly is different agleam illustration of this relationship. We are arrogant that India and France volition physique a chopper which volition beryllium capable to instrumentality formation to Mount Everest. We volition besides export this. The India-France concern knows nary boundaries.
It tin scope from heavy oceans to the tallest mountains," PM Modi said successful Mumbai.Before the media briefing successful the coastal city, PM Modi held broad talks with Macron, with some leaders focusing connected strengthening practice successful trade, defence, vigor and captious technologies.Top quotes from PM Modi:
- "I americium delighted to invited my beloved friend, president Macron, to Mumbai. Last year, helium invited maine to the AI Action Committee Summit successful France. At that time, we visited Marseille, France's largest larboard and a large gateway to France and each of Europe."
- "Marseille is the metropolis from wherever our Indian soldiers acceptable ft successful Europe during World War I. Their saga of bravery is inactive remembered successful galore parts of Europe, and it is the aforesaid metropolis wherever state combatant Veer Savarkar jumped into the oversea to flight the British. His enactment symbolised his unwavering resoluteness for India's independence."
- "I had the accidental to retrieve and wage my respects to him successful Marseille past year. This time, erstwhile president Macron is successful India for the AI Impact Summit, we are fortunate to invited him successful Mumbai, the Gateway to India."
- "The strategical concern betwixt the 2 countries is 1 of the oldest and with the assistance of president Macron, we person deepened the ties and fixed it much vigor successful caller times."
- "Based connected this spot and vision, we are elevating our narration to a Special Global Strategic Partnership. This concern is not conscionable strategic. In this epoch of unpredictable planetary dynamics, this concern volition supply planetary stableness and progress."
- "The twelvemonth 2026 marks a important turning constituent successful relations betwixt India and Europe. Just a fewer days ago, India signed the largest and astir ambitious Free Trade Agreement successful its past with the European Union. This landmark statement is acceptable to make unprecedented momentum not lone successful India-Europe relations but besides successful ties betwixt India and France."
- "To further promote communal investment, we are signing agreements to destruct treble taxation, ensuring that our citizens and companies are not taxed twice. These initiatives volition boost bilateral trade, investment, and the question of people. Together, they signifier the roadmap for our shared prosperity.
Macron praised the "remarkable acceleration" of ties with India during a property briefing with PM Modi successful Mumbai.The French president said the displacement came successful effect to the "changing planetary order", adding that some countries did not privation to "be subjected to immoderate signifier of hegemony" oregon the "conflict of a few".
H125 Light Utility Helicopter's value The H125 Light Utility Helicopter Final Assembly Line astatine Vemagal is expected to fortify India's indigenous aerospace manufacturing capabilities and further deepen India-France defence and concern cooperation.The installation is designed to nutrient H125 helicopters for civilian and parapublic operations, including exigency aesculapian services, instrumentality enforcement, and rider transport.The transportation of the archetypal 'Made successful India' H125 is expected successful aboriginal 2027.
The chopper volition besides beryllium disposable for export successful the South Asian region.Emmanuel Macron connected 3-day visitMacron arrived successful Mumbai earlier successful the time connected a three-day visit, during which helium is scheduled to be the AI Impact Summit successful New Delhi and conscionable Modi.The sojourn comes soon aft India cleared a long-pending connection to get 114 Rafale combatant jets from France nether a government-to-government framework, a woody described arsenic 1 of the world’s largest subject procurement programmes successful caller years.Sources told quality bureau PTI that deepening defence collaboration and expanding engagement successful captious and emerging technologies are among the apical priorities guiding the adjacent signifier of bilateral ties.
