Emmanuel Macron India visit Live Updates: WATCH | French PM, chief guest of Republic Day 2024, lands in Jaipur

French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in India Thursday to attend the Republic Day 2024 Parade as its chief guest.

Macron landed in Jaipur Thursday afternoon. He will be joined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a tour of heritage sites and a roadshow.

Macron’s visit caps the 25th-anniversary celebrations of the India-France Strategic Partnership.

Ahead of the French president’s visit, the pink city of Jaipur has been decked up. Macron will begin his visit by touring the Amber Fort.

Macron’s state visit marks France’s sixth participation, the highest of any other nation, as chief guest on India’s Republic Day. Furthermore, it comes months after PM Modi’s Paris trip on France’s Bastille Day on July 14, 2023.

Following their tour, PM Modi and Macron will hold in-depth bilateral talks.

On 26 January, Macron will attend the Republic Day parade and attend reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Later, he will attend the State Banquet, at the invitation of the President of India Droupadi Murmu.

Macron has previously been in India on a state visit in March 2018 and on an official visit in September 2023 for the Delhi G20 Summit.

During his visit, Macon will be accompanied, among others, by a ministerial delegation comprising Stephane Sejourne (Europe and Foreign Affairs), Sebastien Lecornu (Armed Forces), and Rachida Dati (Culture); a C-level business delegation of French majors, SMEs and mid-caps; and other eminent personalities, including ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet.

LIVE Update of France PM Emmanuel Macron’s India visit

03:05 PM (IST): Macron was received by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma at the Jaipur airport

Bienvenue en Inde!

President @EmmanuelMacron of France warmly welcomed by Governor @KalrajMishra of Rajasthan, EAM @DrSJaishankar & CM @BhajanlalBjp of Rajasthan as he arrived in the historic city of Jaipur.

President Macron is the Chief Guest at the 75th Republic Day… pic.twitter.com/voJ6v6KKGl

— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) January 25, 2024

02:56 PM (IST): French President Macron arrives in Jaipur, Rajasthan as part of his two-day State visit to India

#WATCH | French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Jaipur, Rajasthan as part of his two-day State visit to India. He will also attend the Republic Day Parade 2024 as the Chief Guest. pic.twitter.com/4zYFGZuVfu

— ANI (@ANI) January 25, 2024