France will extend its support to India during the forthcoming meeting of the board of governors of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG), relating to the Indo-US nuke deal. This assurance was given last week by Caron Oliviera, director of external relations of French Atomic Energy Agency, to M R Srinivasan, a member of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and former chairman of AEC.