NEW DELHI – The Indian government has decided to cancel all the tenders won by the italian “Finmeccanica” for equipment to its armed force, an initiative that foretells the inclusion of the Italian group in a blacklist. Finmeccanica had to supply to the Indian Air Force “AgustaWestland” helicopters.
In an interview with the press agency “PTI”, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar stressed that the process of inclusion of Finmeccanica and its subsidiaries in the Indian blacklist has already begun and that this was communicated to the Ministry of Justice. “Wherever there is an intention to purchase by Finmeccanica and its subsidiaries – explained the Minister – the corresponding requests to submit a proposal (RFP) from India will be lifted. About this I was very clear.”
However, he concluded, “regular maintenance and import of spare parts of material for the Defense already acquired will be maintained, and only the new acquisitions will be blocked.”
Original article: La Repubblica