Visit to France will provide new impetus to our strategic partnership: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed confidence that his visit to France will provide a new impetus to the bilateral strategic partnership and said that he looks forward to holding wideranging discussions with President Emmanuel Macron on taking forward this timetested relationship over the next 25 yearsIn his departure statement PM Modi said his visit to France was particularly special as he will join President Macron for the French National Day or Bastille Day celebrations in Paris as the Guest of Honour An Indian triservices contingent will be part of the Bastille Day Parade while Indian Air Force aircraft will perform a flypast on the occasion he saidNoting that this year marks the 25th anniversary of our strategic partnership Modi said that rooted in deep trust and commitment the two countries cooperate closely across various domains including defence space civil nuclear blue economy trade investment education culture and peopletopeople tiesWe also work together on regional and global issues he added I look forward to meeting President Macron and holding wideranging discussions on taking forward this longstanding and timetested partnership over the next 25 years Modi said The prime minister pointed out that he has had the opportunity to meet President Macron several times since his last Official Visit to France in 2022 most recently in Hiroshima Japan in May 2023 during the G7 SummitI also look forward to my interactions with the French leadership including Ms Elisabeth Borne Prime Minister of France Mr Gerard Larcher President of the Senate and Ms Yael BraunPivet President of the National Assembly he said During his visit Modi said he will also have the opportunity to meet the vibrant Indian community leading CEOs from both countries as well as prominent French personalitiesI am confident that my visit will provide a new impetus to our strategic partnership the prime minister said From Paris Modi said he will be travelling to Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates for an official visit on July 15 I look forward to meeting my friend Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi he saidOur two countries are engaged across a wide range of sectors such as trade investments energy food security science and technology education fintech defence security and robust peopletopeople ties he noted Modi said last year President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and he agreed on a Roadmap on the future of the bilateral partnership and he looks forward to discussing with him how to further deepen tiesNoting that the UAE will be hosting the 28th Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC COP28 later this year the prime minister said he also looks forward to exchanging views on strengthening global cooperation towards accelerating climate action to facilitate the energy transition and implementation of the Paris Agreement I am confident that my visit to UAE will usher in a new chapter in our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership he said Later PM Modi emplaned for ParisThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever