India, France finalise civil nuclear cooperation pact

India achieved another landmark agreement on civil nuclear cooperation, this time with France on Tuesday. The atomic pact is one of the three agreements to be signed during Singh's two-day visit to Paris. The other two relates to social security matters which will benefit Indian and French nationals staying in each others countries on short duration up to five years. It is reported that the agreement would be singed on Tuesday after summit talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and French President Nicholas Sarkozy. Source