Since 1967, France had been an important partner, particularly for
PAF and the
Navy.
[3] In 1967, France sold first batch of its Mirage fighters as well as sold the submarine technology to Pakistan. The PAF bought second-hand batch of Mirage fighters in 1990; followed by a contract signing in 1996 for the acquisition of 40 reconnaissance aircraft.
[3]The PAF is the largest customer of France's aerospace industry with numbers of fighter and civilian aircraft having been sold to Pakistan since 1967 till the 2000s.
[3] The Navy has also an established defence connection with France, the best known purchasing of
Daphné class submarine and the submarine technology transfer of the
Agost class which was signed in 1994.
[3]
In 2009, France agreed to provide financial capital to expand the use of
nuclear power in Pakistan. While, the officials at Islamabad termed it as "significant move", the Foreign service office maintained that: "France has agreed to transfer civilian
nuclear technologyto Pakistan."
[4] The French Foreign ministry had confirmed that the country was ready, within the framework of its international agreements, to "co-operate with Pakistan" in the field of
nuclear safety.
[4] "This is so the Pakistan's programme can develop in the best conditions of safety and security", the French foreign officials added to
APP.
[4] After the agreement, France maintained that "this is the beginning of a civil nuclear partnership and the cooperation will be limited to nuclear safety."
[5]
In May 2011, France stopped selling heavy military equipment to Pakistan in order to ease Indian concerns. During a visit to India, the French defence minister
Gérard Longuet said France did not want to be seen "feeding Pakistan’s military ambitions".
[6]
You mean 2011 right?
And funny you say that but i haven’t seen one single european country stand up against the Blatant american funding of the taliban.
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