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Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron to India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron to India

| | 10 Mar 2018, 09:36 am

New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday welcomed  French President Emmanuel Macron by visiting the airport here.

The French leader is  accompanied by his wife Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron.

Modi showed a special gesture by visiting the airport to welcome the French President and later tweeted: " Welcome to India, President @EmmanuelMacron! Your visit will add great strength to the strategic partnership between India and France. I look forward to our talks tomorrow."

" Looking forward to co-chairing the Founding Conference of the International Solar Alliance with President @EmmanuelMacron on 11th March. The ISA is a unique effort that brings the world together to harness solar energy and create a cleaner as well as greener future," read another tweet.

Macron will be a on a state visit from Mar 9 to 12.

The visit of President Macron is aimed at strengthening the bilateral economic, political and strategic dimension of our engagement.

The Indian Prime Minister and the French President shall also co-chair the Founding Conference of the International Solar Alliance, which will take place on Mar 11.

The Indian community, including NRIs in mainland France number around 1.1 lakh people; largely originating from French enclaves of Puducherry, Karaikal, Yanam, Mahe and Chandernagore.

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