India Urges France To Stop Arms Sales to Pakistan

[JanjaWeed]

NEW DELHI - India has told France to stop supplying weapons and equipment to Pakistan in the name of fighting terrorism. The issue arose during talks between French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet and Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony during Longuet's visit here May 27.

Longuet confirmed India's expressions of concern about supplying weapons, telling reporters, "[India's] concern about weapon sales [by France to Pakistan] was raised."

France cannot afford to ignore New Delhi's concerns at a time when the French Rafale is competing in India's $10 billion Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) program, which is in the final stages of evaluation, said Mahindra Singh, a retired Indian Army major general and independent defense analyst here.

Longuet also told reporters that India and France would hold land-based joint exercises in the future.

Longuet made a pitch for the Rafale during his talks with Antony, an Indian Defence Ministry source said.

Another topic that was discussed was joint development on an air defense system under the proposed Maitri project. However, no details are known on its progress.

The French also offered to sell India a variety of missiles, including beyond-visual-range missiles, said a diplomat of the French Embassy in New Delhi.

India Urges France To Stop Arms Sales to Pakistan - Defense News

 

[Machoman]

Aag lagi tan mun may dil ko pada thaamna, raam janay kab ho ga in Indians ka samna...

 

[Machoman]

My question to India is kis kis ko roko gay bhai? there are lot of fishes in the pool. Italy, China, Russia, France, Sweden, Germany, Turkey...........etc.

 

[S.M.R]

Dont you think that india is trying to dictate the world

 

[AAtish]

Good.. for that money we can buy some more "handy" stuff from China, our trusted ally

 

[S.M.R]

Aag lagi tan mun may dil ko pada thaamna, raam janay kab ho ga in Indians ka samna...

Hum apnay hathyaar har wakt rakhtay hain tayyar
Humara dushman jabhi to karta hai hum say pyaar

 

[Conqueror]

Namard aor zakhnay hain jo itna taqtwar hone ke bawajood tarle dalte phirte hian.

 

[SEAL]

Indians

 

[Machoman]

We already stopped France for JF17 and can stop all others

But sorry we dnt need to stop China cause quality also matters lot

You will see the quality when you meet us face to face buddy!!!

 

[S.M.R]

We already stopped France for JF17 and can stop all others

But sorry we dnt need to stop China cause quality also matters lot

Grapes are sour. You CANT stop china.

 

[Dance]

Not surprising from the super power of crying/whining India

 

[Ammyy]

Grapes are sour. You CANT stop china.

Ok we dnt

But only county like Zimbabwe need hardware from China (and some others also )

 

[53fd]

India is just a sad sad country, & it has a perennial obsession with everything Pakistan. This is the ultimate proof of that.

 

[Splurgenxs]

unlike india we dont buy out of date, over priced ,costly spare parts and high maintance cost hardwares from a certain country

Yea u just make em right...

on topic---
We conveyed our desire...its up to France to make its decision ...
i get the Feeling that the MMRCA will go to France.

 

[JanjaWeed]

France puts sale of heavy military hardware to Pakistan on hold

France said Friday it has put on hold the sale of heavy military equipment to Pakistan and awaits an explanation on its spy agency's role in the 2008 Mumbai terror strike and in providing a safe haven for Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who was killed in a US strike May 2.
It has also expressed the hope that Pakistan's dialogue with US on terrorism would throw light on questions that have cropped up in the wake of Osama's killing on its soil, reported IANS.
French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet told reporters here in New Delhi that Osama's killing in Abbottabad, close to capital Islamabad, had raised a lot of questions that needed answers.
Though Longuet did not name the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), he was alluding to the suspected role of the Pakistan's spy agency in sheltering Osama.
On the sale of military equipment to Pakistan by France, Longuet said till the time Pakistan's clarifications were not satisfactory, it would not sell heavy defence hardware.
"This point was raised during the bilateral meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in Paris recently. I can tell you that France is only selling Pakistan equipment that can be used for electronic interception to fight terror," the French defence minister, who wound up his two-day visit to India, said.
"In fact, heavy military equipment is not being sold. We have discouraged any request from Pakistan for heavy equipment," he added.
Asked about the recent revelations on ISI's involvement with the 26/11 Mumbai terror strike, Longuet said: "Terror cannot be a weapon of anybody or any government."
"After the death of Osama bin Laden, Pakistan should be given an opportunity to explain its position vis-a-vis terrorism," he added.
Noting that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Islamabad Friday, Longuet said France was keenly watching the discussions between the US and Pakistan on terrorism and was awaiting the outcomes of the talks.

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