Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday raised with French President Francois Hollande the leak of confidential data on the Indian Scorpene Class submarines being built in Mumbai in collaboration with French Defence company DCNS on the sidelines of the G20 Summit here.
Modi held separate “pull-aside” meetings with Hollande and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with whom he discussed India’s NSG membership.
In his meeting with Hollande, Modi raised the leak of sensitive data related to Scorpene Class submarines. “This issue has also figured (in the talks),” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup told reporters.
In his meeting with Erdogan, the Prime Minister discussed the issue of India’s membership of the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Swarup said.
The discussion with Erdogan on NSG was significant as Turkey was among the few countries, along with China, which had stalled India’s bid to join the elite grouping at its plenary meeting in June in Seoul.