The targeting came as Vietnamese and American diplomats were negotiating a major cooperation agreement intended to counter growing Chinese influence in the region.
Two of the most influential foreign policy voices on Capitol Hill were targeted, as were Asia experts at Washington think tanks and journalists from CNN, including Jim Sciutto.
Anil Ambani, the chief of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani (R-ADA), is trending on social media on reports of Dassault Aviation s withdrawal even as prime minister (PM) Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to France. The New Indian Express, reported that Dassault Aviation wants to withdraw from Dassault Reliance Aerostructure Ltd (DRAL), its joint venture (JV) with Mr Ambani-owned Reliance Aerostructure Ltd. The French portal Mediapart has also published a letter, purportedly written by Mr Ambani to the then economy minister Emmanuel Macron and finance minister Michel Sapin soliciting their intervention to evade a 151-million-euro tax claim against his French subsidiary.
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