India and France signed an agreement Monday on future civilian nuclear cooperation, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said. Details were not immediately available, but Singh told reporters the nuclear agreement was inked along with understandings in defense, tourism and other areas, the Associated Press reported. "We appreciate France's support for the ongoing effort to enable full civilian nuclear energy cooperation between India and the international community," Singh said at a joint news conference with French President Jacques Chirac. Chirac said after arriving Sunday for a two-day visit that it was "in the interest of everybody that India produce its energy to support its development."
