PM Modi holds bilateral talks with French President Macron in Jaipur, discusses geopolitical challenges

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with his arm outstretched, trip an open automobile collectively throughout a street present in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.- AP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, the chief visitor for India’s 75th Republic Day celebrations, at resort Taj Rambagh Palace in Jaipur.

The discussions embody important points of the bilateral India-France relationship and tackle varied geopolitical challenges.

Modi accompanied Macron to Jantar Mantar and each leaders additionally held a roadshow in the Pink City, the place the customer was offered with a reproduction of Ayodhya’s Ram temple and provided masala chai from a teashop earlier than the leaders sat down for bilateral talks.

Macron, who’s the chief visitor on the Republic Day celebrations in Delhi on January 26, additionally visited the hilltop Amber Palace, Jantar Mantar observatory and Hawa Mahal in a fastidiously curated tour that ended at an iconic palace-turned-hotel.

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06:45 PM (IST): Emmanuel Macron India go to Live Updates: PM Modi, French President maintain a roadshow in Jaipur

06:19 PM (IST): PM Modi and French President Macron go to Jantar Mantar, the well-known photo voltaic observatory established by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, in Rajasthan’s Jaipur

05:49 PM (IST): PM Modi and French President Macron will go to the Jantar Mantar, the well-known photo voltaic observatory established by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh in Jaipur in the present day. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in July 2010. It features a set of eighteen devices and is the largest stone observatory in the world. It consists of assorted devices which embrace the Laghu Samrat Yantra which is a Sun Dial that may assist to calibrate native time to an accuracy of 20 seconds.

05:30 PM (IST): French President Emmanuel Macron interacts with Indian college students at Amber Fort in Jaipur

04:37 PM (IST): PM Modi reaches Jaipur to satisfy French President Macron

04:34 PM (IST): WATCH: Macron interacts with dignitaries throughout his go to to Amer Fort in Jaipur

04:12 PM (IST): Macron appreciates Rajasthani portray artwork, interacts with artists, at Jaipur’s Amber Fort

04:00 PM (IST): At Amber Fort, Macron is accompanied by EAM Jaishankar and Rajasthan Deputy CM Diya Kumari

03:58 PM (IST): On 26 January, Macron will attend the Republic Day parade and attend reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Later, he’ll attend the State Banquet, on the invitation of the President of India Droupadi Murmu

03:55 PM (IST): Macron has beforehand been in India on a state go to in March 2018 and on an official go to in September 2023 for the G20 Summit in New Delhi

03:53 PM (IST): PM Modi and Macron will maintain in-depth bilateral talks in Jaipur afterward Thursday

03:50 PM (IST): At Amber Fort, Macron met college college students gathered there to welcome him

03:47 PM (IST): French President Emmanuel Macron receives a conventional welcome at Amer Fort in Jaipur

03:45 PM (IST): According to studies, Macron will spend few moments of his keep in Jaipur savouring the websites – and maybe some roadside chai – earlier than participating in talks with PM Modi. Details made accessible by officers earlier recommend the French chief can be anticipated to do some procuring in the touristy space

03:40 PM (IST): Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma shared photos of him “warmly welcoming and felicitating” Macron at Jaipur airport in the present day

03:30 PM (IST): Macron had accepted the final minute invite for the Republic Day 2024 celebration, which is seen as a mark on the energy of the bilateral relations between India and France

03:28 PM (IST): Macron India Visit Day 1 Schedule

On the primary day, the French President shall be in Rajasthan’s Jaipur

02:30 pm: Arrival at Jaipur airport

03:15 pm: Visit Amer Fort

05:30 pm: Visit Jantar Mantar

06:00 pm: Shobha Yatra (Venue: Jantar Mantar)

06:15 pm:  Visit Hawa Mahal

07:15 pm: Meeting with PM Modi (Venue: Hotel Taj Rambagh Palace)

08:50 pm: Emplane for Delhi

9:40 pm: Arrive Delhi (Venue: Air Force Station Palam)

03:26 PM (IST): Macron’s go to comes because the Centre and the French authorities proceed to barter multi-billion greenback offers for French fighter jets and submarines for the military

03:22 PM (IST): France is eyeing profitable commerce offers with India, world’s fifth-biggest economic system (AFP)

03:21 PM (IST): A purple carpet welcome together with a parade of embellished elephants awaited Macron after touchdown in Jaipur, AFP report mentioned

03:19 PM (IST): Macron and PM Modi will maintain a street present from Jantar Mantar to Hawa Mahal earlier than holding a gathering at Hotel Rambagh Palace Thursday night

03:18 PM (IST): Both Macron and PM Modi are scheduled to go to Amber Fort, Jantar Mantar and Hawa Mahal

03:10 PM (IST): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who’s on a go to to Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr, will even attain Jaipur later in the present day

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

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