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Delighted, as always, to meet my friend President Emmanuel Macron. We talked at length about bilateral as well as global issues, tweeted PM Modi after talks with the French President.

India has pitched with France to become a hub for maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) for Rafale fighter jets. This comes even as last month Indonesia entered into a deal with France to buy 42 Rafale Jets and UAE signed a deal to buy 80 of the fighter jets In December 2021. India had signed a deal with France in 2016 to get 36 Rafale jets, of which 33 have been delivered. This makes  countries in the region have these France made fighter jets.