Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the guest of honor at the French National Day. The emphasis is on the sale of Rafale and submarines.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was received by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne at Orly near Paris. Modi is the guest of honor at the July 14 military parade, France’s national holiday.
ADVERTISEMENTFrance and India maintain a strategic partnership, although India has not condemned Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine.
Paris and New Delhi are currently negotiating India’s purchase of 26 Rafale fighter jets and military submarines, France being India’s second largest arms supplier after Russia.
Narendra Modi also wanted to meet the Indian community in exile in Paris.
Red carpet review for Narendra Modi
In a guest article from the French newspaper LE MONDE Intellectuals, writers and MPs have spoken out against France rolling out the red carpet for an authoritarian leader like India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi – on France’s National Day, which sees itself as a country of human rights. “The visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi must be seized as an opportunity to encourage him to end the repression of civil society”, writes the collective.
