New Delhi
The 26 billion euro contract coveted by EDF has become the Arlesienne of the Franco-Indian partnership.
Most areas of bilateral cooperation such as defence, space, solar energy are moving forward.
Discussions on the sale of six EPR nuclear reactors, they started in the 2000s. About fifteen years later, the site supposed to be in Jaitapur, in western India, has not started.
The last episode dates from April 2021. EDF submitted a technical and commercial offer to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India, the public company which operates nuclear power plants.
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The subject is raised at each bilateral meeting
", we note at the Quai d'Orsay.
This will be discussed again when the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire will meet with his Indian counterpart on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Bangalore on Thursday and Friday.
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This contract is major between our two countries.
I will pass a political message of support for the project”
, indicated Bruno…
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