New Delhi, May 25 -- With a respect towards the timeline finalised for the supply of 36 Rafale jets to India, French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain assured India that there will be no delay in delivery of the fighter jets.

Lenain said, "The contractual delivery schedule of the Rafale jets has been perfectly respected till now, and, in fact, a new aircraft was handed over to the Indian Air Force in end-April in France, in keeping with the contract." "We are helping the Indian Air Force in arranging for the ferry flight of their first four Rafales from France to India as soon as possible. So there's no reason today to speculate that the schedule will not be maintained," he added.

India, in September 2016, had penned down an inter-governmental...