French President Emmanuel Macron is all set to witness Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi this 12 months. He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the invitation.
Taking to social media platform X, Macron wrote, “Thank you for your invitation, my dear friend Narendra Modi. India, on your Republic Day, I’ll be here to celebrate with you!”
Earlier, the External Affairs Ministry had confirmed that the French President was to be the chief visitor for the Republic Day celebrations on PM Modi’s invitation.
“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,” the MEA stated in a press release.
Notably, that is the sixth time a French chief would be the chief visitor at Republic Day celebrations right here within the nationwide capital.
Before Macron, former French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac was the Chief visitor on India’s Republic Day celebrations in 1976 and 1998, as have been former Presidents Valery Giscard d’Estaing, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Francois Hollande within the years 1980, 2008 and 2016, respectively.
This 12 months, the 2 nations shall be celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of the India-France Strategic Partnership. India and France cooperate intently in numerous sectors, together with defence, house, civil nuclear, commerce, funding, schooling, tradition and people-to-people ties.
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