For the first time after India cleared the proposal to buy 26 Rafale Marine aircraft for the Indian Navy, a team headed by French defence ministry officials met their Indian counterparts here.
The French team was headed by an official who is in charge of Asia in their Directorate General of Armament while the Indian team included personnel from the Navy, which will be the user, the sources told ANI.
The meeting took place last week and multiple points were taken up for the Defence Cyber Agency (Dcya) soon, they said.
In the negotiations with France, the Indian Navy would be represented by Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Rear Admiral Janak Bevli.
The two sides have to form a contract negotiating team in a similar way as they had done during the Indian Air Force deal in 2016.
Sources said this was the first time that the two sides met after India announced the plan to buy 26 Rafale Marines officially after clearing a proposal in Defence Acquisition Council meeting. (ANI)
