NEW DELHI : France will soon announce an "exceptional package" for India, including ventilators and expertise, as part of its efforts to jointly combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the French envoy to India said on Tuesday.In his message on the French National Day - Bastille Day, French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain said that since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the two countries have shown exceptional solidarity."India has provided much needed equipment and drugs to French hospitals.
Friendship is a two-way road and France has reciprocated," Lenain said.The French development agency AFD has granted an exceptional loan of 200 million euros ( ₹1,600 crore) to provide social services to the most vulnerable population in India, he.