00:06we're going straight across to these pictures coming in prime minister narendra modi at this
00:10point in time let's take a look at all of these developments we're reporting on the meeting
00:15with the french president at this point in time these are images of prime minister narendra modi
00:23along with the french president we'll also be hearing from the leaders in a moment from now
00:29on the table discussion on artificial intelligence and of course defense that continues to get the
00:37headlines here these images are live on your screens at this point in time let's take a look
00:44at these images coming in live on your screens an important meeting that is taking place in mumbai
00:50city the prime minister holding bilateral talks with macron trade defense deals on top
01:03he also has spoken about it on on twitter or x where he said this was a complete delight to
01:09meet his
01:10friend also the prime minister spoke about the fact that macron expressed his fondness for the city
01:16had enjoyed a morning run earlier in the day with those images going completely viral but what is going
01:23to be the big takeaway as far as the bilateral with the french president is concerned images are from
01:28log bhavan where the meeting is taking place at this point in time i'm going to go straight across to
01:35pranayapa there for the very latest on that big story that uh he is tracking at this point in time
01:41the big
01:42question here is what would be the deliverables here pranay as far as the bilaterals are concerned between india and
01:48trans
01:50uh if you see the the key bilaterals what we are looking at is the the presence of india france
01:56partnership in terms of the horizon 2047 which uh both countries have agreed and uh you know in terms
02:02of the defense cooperation uh obviously that the rafale uh fighter jet deal uh for the for the india's
02:09procurement of 114 fighter jets uh from france also aviation uh will be on table of these delegation
02:15level talks but besides that you know uh uh soon after this delegation they will talk prime minister
02:19narin modi and french president imanur mackra would be addressing a key meeting of the ceos and the
02:24business leaders wherein both the leaders will call upon the industry uh leaders to take forward this
02:29partnership and in fact the year 2026 both the countries have decided to to celebrate this year as
02:35a year of innovation so how india and uh france can collaborate in terms of the innovation in
02:40terms of the new and cutting edge technology that's right i'm just going to come back to you in a
02:44moment from now we're just taking our viewers through these images coming in from mumbai where
02:48the meeting is taking place at this point in time at the lok bhavan the french president seen in
02:53these pictures along with the external affairs minister as josh shankar of course the prime
02:57minister they're also leading these talks on the agenda diplomacy certainly defense and artificial
03:02intelligence which continues to be the big headlines here on what to expect pranay is going to be joining
03:08us back once again pranay i'm told is back with us pranay you were telling us about the big
03:13deliverables here of course uh eyes firmly on what is expected as far as the defense sector
03:18is concerned isn't it the deal announcement of rafal 114 of them is expected
03:28if you can repeat your question please
03:33yes pranay i was asking you about the deliverables here particularly the focus on the defense sector
03:39uh say if you see the defense sector uh the india and france have collaborated to a great extent
03:44recently uh in terms of the rafal fighter jets uh if you see that india has identified rafal fighter
03:51jet for the mmrca deal medium uh multi-role combat aircraft uh india has also uh you know decided to
03:57procure rafal fighter jets for its naval platform as well as and now uh india has also given the india's
04:04ministry of defense has recently given acceptance of necessity for the procurement of 114 rafal fighter jets
04:09uh besides that uh you know uh this fighter jet is fighter jet deal is not only going to help
04:15the indian air force
04:16but it is also going to uh to strengthen the cause of making india because uh daso aviation the french
04:22company which is actually the manufacturer of uh you know rafal fighter jet is also looking at making india
04:28as a key base for the for the maintenance repair and overhauling facility for the servicing of their aircraft
04:34because france is also looking at uh at procuring up uh you know or getting a a deal in uh
04:41in indonesia as well
04:42and this is going to be a very big development because you know uh as many people have called india
04:49eu fta
04:50as the mother of all deal now many people are calling this uh you know india france fighter jet
04:55deal as the contract of century uh so so definitely you can you can see the volume of it 35
05:00billion
05:00dollars is going to be worth of uh the the rafal fighter jet however i can i can i can
05:05tell you that
05:05you know this meeting is not going to to witness the signing of the the actual contract or signing of
05:11the deal but definitely both the leaders are going to express their uh you know their commitment uh to
05:16further the uh to give a push to this uh rafal fighter jet deal uh and this is going to
05:22be a
05:22game changer for indian air force because indian air force is long awaiting for the replenishment
05:27of its squadron strength it's uh in fact looking for the uh for the supply of the fighter jet deals
05:32and also uh in terms of the defense procurement we are also looking at the the the missiles the
05:37hammer missiles uh the the you know furthering the range of the scalp and the meteor missile for the
05:42for the new fleet of rafal fighter jets and on top of that the safran engine deal is also going
05:49to be
05:49a game changer and a and a key deal which will be on table of of these delegation level talks
05:54between
05:54india and france because india is trying to to uh to uh you know partner with france in terms of
06:00you
06:01know building its own uh you know fighter jet engine and safran the french company is likely uh to be
06:07partnering with india in the development of this uh you know fighter jet uh engines for indian air
06:13force and indian fighter jets so absolutely be with us when i'm coming back to you in a moment
06:17from now i'm going to also go across to shivani for more on that shivani of course tracks the defense
06:21for us and this is uh shivani a part of course of an ongoing conversation that is happening between
06:26both the countries and larger work to be done more work to be done as far as the defense sector
06:31is concerned isn't it stay i see so far for india russia happens to be biggest defense partner but
06:41with the upcoming deal especially with france when which it's uh connect connection with the
06:46rafal jets the 114 rafal jets the deal is still to be discussed and signed but you know the dc
06:53dac has
06:54already approved it on 12th of february and this will be under discussions by both the countries
07:00apart from the rafal for the indian air force there are discussions already open for more
07:05rafals the additional 31 rafals for the indian navy we know that 26 rafals for the indian navy
07:10the rafal marines deals has has already been signed last year okay and we are awaiting those uh
07:16rafals for the indian navy not only rafals but the hammer missiles the helicopters the engines for the
07:23advanced jets everything is now being discussed with the france and this makes france as
07:30one of the most important and the top defense partners so this uh visit and meeting with prime
07:36minister naren modi and president emmanuel macron is not only about the strategy the economy the ai
07:41summit but the most important factor happens to be the defense deals that are the upcoming deals one
07:46of the very big deals and certainly uh two parallel meetings happening out here one with prime minister
07:52and president in mumbai where uh a lot of mous are also going to be exchanged between the delegations of
07:58both the countries but yes another meeting that's happening in bangalore where defense minister rajnath
08:04singh is meeting his french counterpart yes and it also comes uh in connection with the mros and the
08:10missile systems for the rafals too so many things happening certainly a big meeting happening today
08:16between india and a big meeting in mumbai and in bengaluru as well like shivani is pointing out
08:21apart from defense trade is also something that both the countries are looking at very closely
08:26what is expected on that front as you know that india and european union have signed the uh the
08:33india eu fda bilaterally india and france would uh also be looking at expanding the trade ties uh if
08:39you see uh the french investment in india in in india that is at around you know around 15 billion
08:44dollar worth of in french investment in france is also looking at expanding you know those kind of uh
08:50you know investment in india and if you see uh not only uh you know the defense collaboration between
08:54india and france but see the spectrum uh the the the uh the amount of you know civil aviation
08:59partnership between india and france you know falcon business jet are uh you know likely to be
09:04produced the major part of their their fuselage will be produced in india in pune besides that you
09:09know the the research and development facility of dasso aviation will be in pune uh and in fact uh the
09:16h-125 helicopter the civilian helicopter will be produced the final assembly line will be inaugurated by
09:22these two leaders prime minister and modi and prime president macaroon virtually in in kolar of
09:28karnataka uh so so that is also going to be a big thing and this is these things these developments
09:33are going to give a book a big boost to india's making india program because you know what about a
09:39joint uh press conference or statement of sorts you know a statement of sorts expected at any point in
09:44time for now yeah after the conclusion of these delegation level talks neha uh we are expecting you know
09:50both leaders to face the cameras and uh they will be giving out a media statement and after the
09:55media statement uh you know there's going to be uh the signing of the agreements as well and uh also
10:00we are expecting a joint statement after the summit level meeting of uh prime minister modi and
10:05president emmanuel macron well absolutely of course we're talking about trade we're talking about
10:10artificial intelligence but defense is what also continues to be headlined the reason why because
10:14it's the much awaited discussion on uh procuring profiles and that is something that everyone is
10:20looking at very closely much needed boost for this quadrant like pranay was pointing out
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