Lower than two weeks forward of French President Emmanuel Macron’s go to to India, his diplomatic advisor Emmanuel Bonne and Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday deliberated on bilateral points and world developments of mutual concern.
Bonne is at present on a go to to New Delhi ostensibly to agency up numerous facets of Macron’s journey. Macron would be the Chief Visitor on the Republic Day celebrations on January 26.
“Glad to fulfill Emmanuel Bonne, Diplomatic Advisor to President of France. Spoke about sturdy India-France convergence on a number of points. Additionally shared views on world developments of mutual concern,” Jaishankar posted on X. “Sit up for President @EmmanuelMacron’s State go to for Republic Day 2024,” he added.
In one other publish, Jaishankar additionally congratulated Stephane Sejourne on turning into France’s minister of Europe and overseas affairs. Sejourne succeeded Catherine Colonna. “Trying ahead to working with you for additional strengthening our strategic partnership and realising targets set by our leaders,” he mentioned.
New Delhi’s invitation to Macron for the Republic Day celebrations comes amid a speedy upswing in ties between the 2 nations together with in areas of defence and safety, clear vitality, commerce and funding and new applied sciences.
In July final, the defence ministry authorized the acquisition of 26 Rafale (marine) jets from France, primarily for deployment on board the indigenously constructed plane service INS Vikrant. France has already responded to India’s preliminary tender for purchasing the jets.
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First uploaded on: 13-01-2024 at 04:38 IST
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