Narendra Modi: PM Modi's visit will strengthen strategic partnership with France, PM himself told before leaving

Posted on 13th Jul 2023 by rohit kumar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi left India on Thursday morning for an official visit to France and UAE. He is visiting France from July 13 to 14 at the official invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron. Before leaving for his two-day visit to France, Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a statement giving information about his visit to France.

 

In his statement released on Narendramodi.in Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “I am paying an official visit to France from July 13-14 at the invitation of my friend French President Emmanuel Macron. This visit is very important because I am going to attend the French National Day or Bastille Day celebrations with President Emmanuel Macron as a special guest.

 

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PM Modi said, “Indian tri-services contingent will be part of the Bastille Day parade, while Indian Air Force aircraft will fly past on the occasion. This year marks the 25th anniversary of our strategic partnership. He said that India and France cooperate closely in various fields including defense, space, civil nuclear, trade, investment, education, culture, and people-to-people relations. We also work together on regional and global issues.

 

"I look forward to meeting President Macron and holding wide-ranging discussions on taking this long-standing and mature partnership forward over the next 25 years," he said. I have had the opportunity to meet President Macron several times since my last official visit to France in 2022. Recently we met in Hiroshima, Japan during the G-7 summit in May 2023.

 

My visit will give new impetus to our strategic partnership - PM Modi

PM Modi further said in the statement that he looks forward to meeting and holding talks with the French leadership, including his French counterpart Elisabeth Borne, President of the French Senate Gérard Larcher, and President of the French National Assembly, Yael Brown-Pivet.

 

In the statement, PM Modi said that he would meet the Indian community and prominent CEOs of both countries. He expressed confidence that his visit would give a new impetus to the strategic partnership between India and France

 

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