Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day state visit to India, where he will be the chief guest at the 75th Republic Day celebrations on January 26. He arrived in Jaipur on Thursday and was greeted by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra and Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited the French leader to be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade, which marks the culmination of the 25th-anniversary celebrations of the India-France Strategic Partnership. The partnership, which covers various domains such as defence, security, space, civil nuclear, climate change and culture, was launched in 1998
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