France to back India at IAEA meet
France will extend its support to India during the forthcoming meeting of the board of governors of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG), relating to the Indo-US nuke deal. This assurance was given last week by Caron Oliviera, director of external relations of French Atomic Energy Agency, to M R Srinivasan, a member of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and former chairman of AEC.