French Defence Minister arrived in the country on Friday to finalise the deal. India signed the deal for direct acquisition of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France on Friday. The negotiations to buy the Rafale fighter jets came through on Wednesday and French Defence Minister Yves Le Drian arrived in the country on Friday to finalise the deal which will cost India €7.8 billion. #WATCH Deal for 36 #Rafale fighter jets between India and France signed; deal is worth 7.8 billion euros. pic.twitter.com/3SeWCcRRQe — ANI (@ANI_news) September 23, 2016In June, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had stated that the number of the fighter jets were "on path of coming to conclusion."

Source: dna September 23, 2016 07:31 UTC