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New Delhi: A landmark defence agreement between India and France for 114 Rafale fighter jets, estimated roughly at $39 billion, is unlikely to be announced when Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels to Paris on June 13, despite the two countries discussing some of the deal’s most contentious terms, The Hindu BusinessLine reported.

French diplomatic sources told BL on Thursday that Paris is seriously engaging with New Delhi’s demand for access to source codes – a condition that would let India independently integrate its own weapons and systems onto the aircraft. India’s insistence that the entire acquisition be routed through the ‘Make in India’ procurement policy is also under........

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