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French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain thanked India for supplying medicines to France to fight COVID-19 pandemic
French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain thanked India for supplying medicines to France at the time of pandemic. During the ongoing India-France bilateral exercise Desert Knight 21 , Lenain said, “During COVID-19, you (India) shipped medicines needed in French hospitals. We are very grateful for that again. Very clear statements were released by your government and Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) when our values like secularism were under attack in my country”. The air exercises are going on at Air Force Station Jodhpur, from January 20 to 24.
Very grateful : French Ambassador thanks India for shipping medicine amid Covid
France s Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain addresses a press conference during Desert Knight-21 exercise
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Indo-French air exercises DesertKnight21 is underway at Air Force Station Jodhpur
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French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain on Saturday expressed his gratitude towards the country for supplying medicines to France when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out. During Covid-19, you (India) shipped medicines needed in French hospitals. We are very grateful for that again. Very clear statements were released by your government and Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) when our values like secularism were under attack in my country, Lenain told news agency ANI amid the ongoing India-France bilateral exercise Desert Knight 21 .
Read more about CDS Gen Bipin Rawat to fly in a Rafale fighter during Indo-French wargames on Business Standard. "The CDS would be briefed about the wargames and how the joint exercise would be enhancing interoperability between the air forces of the two countries," Indian Air Force officials said
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French Air Force s Rafales Join IAF Counterparts For Desert Knight-21; powerful Symbol
The IAF along with the French Air Force commenced the first major international military exercise involving their Rafale fighter jets in Jodhpur, Rajasthan
The Indian Air Force (IAF) along with their French counterparts commenced the first major international military exercise involving their respective Rafale fighter jets in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, on Wednesday.
As part of the first edition of the joint Exercise Desert Knight-21 , four French Rafale fighters landed in Jodhpur after flying directly from the Djibouti airbase using their A-330 multirole tanker transport aircraft.
Four Rafale combat jets, two Atlas A400M military transport aircraft, and a Phénix A330 multirole tanker transport aircraft manned by approximately 175 personnel French aviators are taking part in joint drills with the IAF deployment, which includes the newly-inducted Rafales, as well as Mirage 2000s,
Updated Jan 21, 2021 | 11:05 IST
The Indian Air Force kickstarted the first major international wargames Desert Knight-21 involving its Rafale fighter jets in Jodhpur on Wednesday with their French counterparts. Rafale fighter aircraft
Jodhpur: In the ongoing Indo-French wargames Desert Knight-21, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat will undertake a sortie in the French Rafale fighters on Thursday. The CDS would be briefed about the wargames and how the joint exercise would be enhancing interoperability between the air forces of the two countries, Indian Air Force officials told ANI.
Apart from the operational briefing, the CDS would be undertaking a sortie in the French Air Force Rafale fighter for almost one hour and would be familiarised with the most advanced fighter in the Indian and the French Air Force inventories.