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Sarkozy
wants more Indians to learn French
Saturday December 04, 2010 07:39:33 PM,
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Bangalore:
French President Nicolas Sarkozy Saturday hoped that more and more
Indians would learn to speak French and know about his country.
"French companies in India employ nearly 200,000 people and this
number is expected to continue to rise. But how many of them were
trained in France and do they speak French," Sarkozy said at a
function hours after landing in this tech hub on a four-day
official visit to India.
Addressing a gathering of about 500 top scientists, captains of
Indian industry and students at the satellite centre of the
state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the president
observed that more Indian firms were beginning to invest in
France.
"But how many of them have Indian executives who are familiar with
France or French executives who know India," the 55-year-old
Sarkozy asked the audience that included a large
official-cum-business delegation from France and representatives
of French firms in India.
Referring to the growing ties between the two countries spanning
diverse fields, including education, research, healthcare, space,
defence and trade, Sarkozy said it was vital to enhance
people-to-people exchanges to ensure that the relations between
the two countries endured.
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