France willing to help India fight terrorism after blasts

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner expresses revulsion at bomb blasts in Jaipur that claimed at least 60 lives, and offered to step up help to India in fighting terrorism.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Tuesday expressed revulsion at bomb blasts in Jaipur that claimed at least 60 lives, and offered to step up help to India in fighting terrorism.

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"I wish to express my indignation and repugnance at the wave of attacks that have plunged the city of Jaipur into mourning," he said n a statement.

"France is more than ever willing to intensify cooperation with India in the anti-terrorist struggle," said Kouchner following the blasts in Jaipur.

"Today we are at the side of India and the Indian people in the face of this inconceivable horror," said the minister.