Could France Help India Put a Lander on Mars?

India and France are looking at how to put a lander on Mars:

http://thewire.in/73555/isro-indo-french-space-research/

“India is one of the best partners and customers for France,” says CNES president, Jean-Yves Le Gall who adds in times to come ISRO and CNES can hopefully jointly explore planets like Venus and Mars where India is already planning missions.

Blamont wants India and France to jointly launch an orbiter to Venus that will then send balloons down into the little understood atmosphere of the Venus.

“After India’s Mars Orbiter Mission, the next step has to be a lander. A lander on Mars is not easy, but it will be interesting to undertake,” says Le Gall.

Earlier this year on India’s republic day, at the summit meeting between India and France a letter of intent was indeed inked to explore landing on Mars.

France may soon know a lot about it, as it's already getting the direct experience right now:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/European-led-Mars-lander-starts-descent-to-red-planet/articleshow/54884906.cms