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Bilateral ties on the table as French President Macron visits on February 17
During the three-day visit, coming exactly a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to France, Macron will hold wide-ranging talks with PM Modi besides attending the AI Impact summit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Macron. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
French President Emmanuel Macron will undertake an official visit to India from February 17, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.
During the three-day visit, coming exactly a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France, Macron will hold wide-ranging talks with PM Modi besides attending the AI Impact summit.
Both the leaders will hold discussions on strengthening bilateral cooperation across a wide spectrum of areas, the MEA said. In addition, they will discuss regional and global issues of mutual interest, including cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, it said.
“French President Emmanuel Macron will pay an official visit to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during which he will participate in the AI Impact Summit, the first global AI summit to be hosted in the Global South, in the national capital, underscoring the importance both countries attach to cooperation in emerging and critical technologies, including artificial intelligence,” the statement said Tuesday.
In February last year, PM Modi co-chaired the AI Action Summit with President Macron in Paris. Co-chairing the AI Action Summit with President Macron in Paris, Modi underlined the need for open-source systems that enhance trust and transparency, and building data sets “free from biases”. He also offered to host the next summit in India.
As part of the visit, PM Modi and President Macron will hold wide-ranging discussions to further strengthen bilateral cooperation under the Horizon 2047 Roadmap, which outlines the long-term vision for the India-France Strategic Partnership, and will also jointly inaugurate the India-France Year of Innovation 2026 in Mumbai.
The Year of Innovation 2026 initiative will be celebrated throughout the year in both countries and aims to deepen collaboration in innovation, technology, research, and people-to-people exchanges.
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The two leaders will also exchange views on key regional and global issues of mutual interest, including cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, reflecting the growing strategic convergence between the two countries, the MEA stated.
“This visit follows Prime Minister Modi’s visit to France in February 2025 and reflects the mutual trust and depth of the India-France Strategic Partnership, as well as the shared commitment of the two countries to deepen it further,” the MEA stated in its statement.
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