French President Emmanuel Macron gracing India’s 75th Republic Day on January 26, 2024, as the chief guest was a unique reciprocal exchange following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s July 2023 visit to France when he was the Chief Guest during the French National Day celebrations. A 93 soldiers marching contingent and a 33-member band, both of the famed French Foreign Legion marched down New Delhi’s Kartavya Path. It also included six Indian Legionnaires.
This visit by President Macron also marked the 25th anniversary of the India-France Strategic Partnership. Also, this was his third visit to India as President of France, tallying the sixth time a French leader has been invited to be a guest of honour at India’s Republic Day. This tradition began with President Jacques Chirac in 1976, followed by Valery Giscard d’Estaing in 1980, Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008, and Francois Hollande in 2016.
Six months earlier, Bastille Day, France’s national day, on July 14, 2023, was conspicuous by a major Indian presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 269 military personnel, who participated in the impressive parade which passed down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées from Place Charles de Gaulle, centred around the Arc de Triomphe, to the Place de la Concorde, where President Emmanuel Macron stood with PM Modi, important members of the Government and foreign ambassadors to France.
This story is from the March 2024 edition of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist.
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