French President Emmanuel Macron has been invited to be the chief guest at India’s January 26 Republic Day celebrations in 2024. There is no official word on the invitation yet.
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The invitation follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France in July this year, when he was honoured as the Guest of Honour at the Bastille Day Parade, which is part of the French National Day celebrations.
New Delhi’s invitation to the French President for the Republic Day celebrations comes amid a rapid upswing in ties between the two countries, including in areas of defence and security, clean energy, trade, investment and new technologies.
Although PM Modi had initially invited US President Joe Biden to be the chief guest for the Republic Day celebrations, the visit of the US President did not materialise as he expressed his inability to travel to New Delhi in January.
