India, France likely to sing civilian nuclear cooperation

India and France are likely to sign civilian nuclear deal in the month of October this year. The Prime Minister Manmohan Sing made a statement over this during his visit to France from US, according to media reports. He is on two days visit to Franace and his visit to US was successful as the Indo-US deal got nod of approval from the US Congress and it would be voted in the Senate probably in the next week. France is the biggest player in the field of nuclear energy and a treaty with France would be another historic event for India in the field of its nuclear deals. Regarding the deal with France, a joint statement from the both the countries was declared in January, when the French president visited India. [Source]