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India, France sign agreement on civil nuclear cooperation | | India and France Monday signed a general framework agreement and four other pacts for deeper bilateral cooperation in the atomic energy sector.
After delegation level talks between visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy
and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here, both sides also signed three other
agreements. The general framework agreement between Nuclear Power Corporation
of India Limited (NPCIL) and French company Areva has been signed for construction
of nuclear power plant (NPP) units in Jaitapur in Maharashtra . The agreements,
valued at about 9.3 billion dollars. An 'Early Works Agreement' between NPCIL
and Areva was also signed for the project. Another agreement on 'Protection of
Confidentiality of Technical Data and Information Relating to Cooperation in the
Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy' was also signed following the talks. A cooperation
agreement between the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and France 's atomic energy
commission the Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
(CEA) was signed for engagement in the field of nuclear science and technology.
An agreement concerning intellectual property rights on the development of the
peaceful uses of nuclear energy was also signed. Besides those on nuclear cooperation,
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Centre National D'tudes Spatiales
(CNEc) for Cooperation also signed a pact for cooperation in the field of earth
science and climate change. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni
and French Minister of Culture and Communication Frederic Mitterrand inked an
agreement on film co-production.
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