New Delhi: French President Emmanual Macron will likely be becoming a member of India within the Republic Day 2024 celebration on January 26. The External Affairs Ministry on Friday confirmed that Macron India because the Chief Guest for the Republic Day celebrations. “At the invitation of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of France, will be visiting India as the Chief Guest for the 75th Republic Day celebrations,” acknowledged the Ministry.
This marks the sixth event when a French chief will function the chief visitor at Republic Day celebrations within the nationwide capital. Preceding Macron, former French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac held the place in 1976 and 1998, whereas former Presidents Valery Giscard d’Estaing, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Francois Hollande assumed the position in 1980, 2008, and 2016, respectively.
India and France exhibit a considerable stage of alignment on numerous regional and world issues as strategic allies. The upcoming yr marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the India-France Strategic Partnership. Additionally, the Ministry of External Affairs famous that Prime Minister Modi served because the Guest of Honour on the Bastille Day Parade on July 14, 2023, in Paris, having acquired an invite from French President Macron throughout his go to to France.
Meanwhile, French President Macron additionally visited India in September this yr to attend the G20 Summit which was held underneath India’s Presidency.
President Macron and Prime Minister Modi held a bilateral assembly in Delhi on September 10, on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
Following the assembly, PM Modi mentioned they reaffirmed their dedication to take India-France relations to newer heights of progress. India and France cooperate carefully in numerous sectors, together with defence, area, civil nuclear, commerce, funding, training, tradition and people-to-people ties.
