Dassault Aviation's Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Loïk Segalen, said this clearly on May 11, 2017, during a presentation of the Dassault Reliance Aerospace joint venture to staff representatives in Nagpur. "It was imperative and mandatory for Dassault Aviation to accept this trade off to obtain the contract to export Rafale to India", said the number 2 (deputy CEO) of the group said, according to a report prepared by the staff. When contacted by Mediapart, the Dassault group again refused to comment on this document.