The Ministry of External Affairs has said the understanding between India and France over the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets will soon be translated into a government to government agreement.
"What has been agreed is an understanding and it will be translated into a government to government agreement. For this, the French and the Indian Defence Ministers will sit with their technical officials and their financial people and will work out all the details," MEA official spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin told ANI.
"Now, that there is an agreement in principle, please give some time for the nitty-gritty to be worked out. And once this is worked out by the technical people, these will be certainly made public," he added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is presently on a two-day visit to France, had on Friday ordered 36 "ready-to-fly" French-made Rafale fighter jets.
The 36 Rafale jets are expected to be inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) within a span of two years.
