Dassault Aviation's joint venture with Reliance represents around 10 per cent of the offset investments under the Rafale jet deal, Dassault CEO Eric Trappier has said.

Reliance has 10 per cent of offset in Rafael deal: Dassault CEO

Dassault Aviation on Thursday clarified stating it freely chose the Reliance Group for the Rafale deal, news agency ANI reported. It also called Reliance a vital part of the deal noting that the deal came as a trade-off.

Freely chose Reliance for Rafale deal: Dassault Aviation issues clarification 

A French media report on Wednesday claimed that an internal report of French aerospace major Dassault Aviation was presented with no option but to tie-up with Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence as offset partner.

Dassault was told signing Reliance Defence was 'imperative and mandatory' to bag Rafale deal: Report 

Serge Dassault, a former conservative senator and mayor, was the fifth richest person in France according to Challenges magazine

French industrialist Serge Dassault dies at 93

Sales of business jets halved from their peak of 1,317 in 2008 as the financial crisis beckoned to 661 in 2016