Visiting French President Emmanuel Macron accorded the ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan, He also inspected the guard of honor.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the press meet at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
“I think we have very good chemistry, our two great democracies have a historic relationship,” said French President Emmanuel Macron
French President Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.
Later they will hold delegation level talks in New Delhi today.
During the talks, both the leaders are likely to review the progress achieved in bilateral relations and exchange views on regional and international issues of mutual interest.
A number of Key agreements are expected to be inked in various areas.
In the morning, the visiting leader will be accorded Ceremonial Reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan. The visiting leader will also meet President Ram Nath Kovind and Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj.
Macron arrived in New Delhi on Friday night on a four-day visit to India. He was warmaly received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the airport.
In a Press meet in New Delhi on Friday, Joint Secretary in the MEA K Nagaraj Naidu said that India has a very deep engagement with France in several areas including space.
He added issues of maritime security and terrorism will be discussed during the visit of French President.
French President’s India -visit aims at strengthening the bilateral economic, political and strategic dimension of engagement between the two countries.
Apart from them, the visit is also aimed at forging not only strong manufacturing and technology partnerships but also greater people to people contacts. The India-France CEO’s Forum will also take place during the visit. The bilateral trade between India and France from April 2016 to March 2017 reached 10.95 billion dollars. France is the 9th largest foreign investor in India with a cumulative investment of over 6 billion dollars from April 2000 to October 2017.
