France’s President E. Macron as 2024 Republic Day Guest
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France’s President Emmanuel Macron will be India’s chief guest for its 2024 Republic Day celebrations, the Élysée French presidential palace said on Friday. Earlier this year, France had hosted Narendra Modi as the chief guest for Bastille Day, the second time for an Indian prime minister.
MEA has also confirmed the same in a statement, saying, “At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of France, will be visiting India as the Chief Guest for the 75th Republic Day celebrations.”
When Macron arrives in Delhi in January, it will be the sixth time that France will be the Republic Day chief guest, the most for any country. This also shows the bond of friendship and the level of importance each country gives to the other one.
India had earlier extended the invitation for the Republic Day chief guest to US President Joe Biden, which was later turned down. The exact reason for this is still unknown. The choice of the chief guest in 2024 holds significance, as India will hold general elections later that year. Since India had not officially acknowledged the invitation and only publicly mentioned hosting a Quad summit around Republic Day, the MEA announced the postponement of the summit, but the meaning was clear.
The first French chief guest to be invited was Jacques Chirac in 1976, and the last one was François Hollande in 2016.
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