Macron In India Highlights: French President Welcomed At Rashtrapati Bhavan

PM @narendramodi and the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Mbasogo had a productive meeting in Delhi. They discussed ways to improve economic ties, which will benefit both nations. pic.twitter.com/6Y0I0HNtPM

- PMO India (@PMOIndia) March 10, 2018

A picture of the meeting between PM @narendramodi and Prime Minister of Chad, Pahimi Padacke. The two leaders exchanged views on ways to increase cooperation in vital sectors, particularly energy as well as oil and gas. pic.twitter.com/XFifVWAZGN

- PMO India (@PMOIndia) March 10, 2018

#WATCH: President Ram Nath Kovind, First Lady of India Savita Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and PM Narendra Modi receive President of France #EmmanuelMacron and his wife Brigitte Macron. #InternationalSolarAlliancepic.twitter.com/KvaAL7ROUq

- ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2018

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- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) March 10, 2018

#WATCH French President Emmanuel Macron interacts with students in Delhi https://t.co/tot34dVvrA

- ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2018

• You welcomed me in Paris last year with a warm hug. I am happy that I have got an opportunity to welcome you in India. Our strategic partnership may not be many years old, but our spiritual partnership is ages-old.
  
• Our meeting is not between two leaders of two nations but the meeting of two civilisations.
• It is not a coincidence that the echo of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity is also recorded in the Constitution of India, not only in France. The societies of our two countries are standing on the foundation of these values.
• The history of bilateral cooperation between India and France in areas of defence, security, space, and high technology has been a long one.
• Today, I consider the agreement of reciprocal logistics support among our armed forces as a golden step in the history of our close defence cooperation.
• We believe that the most important dimension for the bright future of our bilateral relations is our people-to-people relationship. We want our young people to know each other's countries, look at each other's country, understand and work in each others countries so that we have thousands of ambassadors to take forward our relationship.
• Therefore, today we have made two important agreements, one agreement is to recognize each other's education qualifications, and the second is our migration and mobility partnership. These two agreements will prepare a framework for closer relations between our countrymen, our youth.
• India and France have taken a big leap forward in our ties. Be it land, water, air, or space, our cooperation and ties bind us together in all.
• Tomorrow President Macron will be co-chaired at the International Solar Alliance. President Macron and I plan to work together to battle climate change for the sake of planet Earth's future. We are committed to the success of the International Solar Alliance.
• We welcome France's Make in India commitment.
• We both believe the Indian Ocean region is very important for the future of peace in the world - specially freedom of navigation. This will be a joint strategic region for us.
  
• Railways, environment, space security are just some of many areas of our deep cooperation.

• India is our strategic partner in South Asia and we want to be yours in Europe.
• The trust we share is aligned specially on threats to security by global terrorism. We have decided to do more on cyber warfare and counter-terrorism. We have agreed for an operational alliance on this.
• Stability in the Indian Ocean region is very important for the stability of the entire region, and we are with India for freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific.
• We have decided to put together a strategy to share intelligence as well as military bases. Different divisions of all our armed forces to cooperate and collaborate.
• Our space agencies will conduct joint maritime surveillance.
• A French company helped India build the Scorpene submarines. This was done under the Make in India programme.
• We want to fully implement our commitment to solar energy. There are many who look to fund projects as well.
• There are at least 50 contracts that are being signed between India and France on climate, railways, electric mobility, urban infrastructure, renewable energy, nuclear technology, etc. We look forward to investing in India's future.
• We have also increased our partnership for space programs. There will be increased cooperation between our space agencies.
• We have also partnered with India in the area of agriculture.
• France is actively a part of India's knowledge summit with more than 500 agreements and investment. We plan to invest in India's human capital.
• We want France to be the entry point for India to the rest of Europe.

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- Indian Diplomacy (@IndianDiplomacy) March 9, 2018

• India and France share a very special relationship, and my visit to India is aimed at taking this forward along with Prime Minister Modi.
• Our aim is to begin a new era in ties between our two countries. For France, India is our priority and has always been. India has been France's first ally in the region. It is the entry point for France in the region, and my aim is to make France the entry point for India to Europe.
• My visit to India has three main objectives. One is to begin a new era in India-France ties and boost our partnership and strategic ties to a new level. France plans to work with India in various sectors to take economic ties to an all-time high. India and France will also increase our cooperation and boost defence ties. Lastly, we aim to counter the rise of global terrorism. The second aim is to battle climate change and take forward to wonderful initiative of the International Solar Alliance, taken by President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This shows our commitment to the Paris Climate deal and promote renewable sources of energy. We support India and will invest in India's clean energy sector. We will also help India with the latest technology. The third aim is to boost people-to-people ties. We want France to be an entry point for India to the rest of Europe, just like France considers India as an entry point to Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
• Prime Minister Modi and I will hold bilateral talks and a number of agreements will be signed between the two countries today. My wife and I are also looking forward to a visit to the Taj Mahal tomorrow and a trip to Banaras (Varanasi) the day after. I am also looking forward to inaugurate the largest solar power plant in Uttar Pradesh. The inauguration of the International Solar Alliance is also something that i am looking forward to. This will help India and France take a global leadership role and will be a defining moment for the 21st century.