India and France concluded two agreements for cooperation in the railways sector.
The Indian Ministry of Railways and French company SNCF Mobilities have signed a memorandum of understanding on technical cooperation. The purpose of this MoU is to build upon and deepen the mutual cooperation and focus on priority areas of high speed and semi-high speed rail development; station renovation; modernisation of current operations and infrastructure; and suburban trains. The cooperation agreement includes training of drivers of semi-high speed trains and safety and security of train networks.
The two countries also signed a letter of intent for the creation of a permanent Indo-French Railways Forum, whose purpose is to enhance the already existing cooperation so that representatives of the two countries can share information.
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