India will be Emmanuel Macron’s guest of honor

After the Eastern countries in 2022, India in 2023. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the strategic partnership between France and India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted Emmanuel Macron’s invitation to attend the July 14 parade as guest of honour. announced the Elysée on Friday May 5. A contingent of the Indian armed forces will accompany the French soldiers on the Champs-Elysées.

This visit “will also be an opportunity to initiate a new phase of the strategic partnership between France and India, by setting ambitious new objectives for strategic, cultural, scientific, academic and economic cooperation, including in a large number of sectors industrial”explains the presidential palace.

From a military point of view, New Delhi is already a sizeable ally for Paris. According to the 2022 report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), India is the world’s largest arms importer and France its second supplier, behind Russia.