New Delhi, Sep 24 - France wants punishment for Mumbai terrorists and is monitoring foreign aid given to Pakistan to ensure it is not misused against India, a group of visiting French parliamentarians said Thursday.

They also rooted for a permanent seat for India in the UN Security Council.

'Two Frenchmen were among those killed in the Mumbai attacks. We want these terrorists to be punished,' Josselin de Rohan, president of the French parliament's committee on external affairs, defence and armed forces, told reporters here.

He is heading a three-member delegation that also comprises Jean-Pierre Chevenement and Didier Boulaud who are on a five-day visit to India beginning Wednesday.

'We will see to it that the aid (given to Pakistan) is not diverted from its stated objectives,' de Rohan replied when asked whether France shared India's concerns about Pakistan misusing aid for bolstering anti-India defences.

The French MP, however, said that France did not have evidence yet of Pakistan misusing foreign aid.

He added that he will discuss issues relating to terrorism with Pakistani leaders when French parliamentarians visit Pakistan next week.

In a surprise admission, former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf said in an interview recently that Islamabad had used the aid provided by the US for the war against terror during his regime to strengthen defences against India.