Key Highlights of Indian Prime Minister visit to France 2023 for APSC Mains Exam

PM Modi's landmark visit: Celebrating 25th anniversary of India-France partnership for UPSC Mains

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Indian Prime Minister Nahendra Modi on a two-day visit to France

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will pay an Official Visit to France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 13-15 July 2023.

Prime Minister will visit Paris from 13-14 July 2023 at the invitation of H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of France. Prime Minister will be the Guest of Honour at the Bastille Day Parade on 14 July 2023, where a tri-services Indian armed forces contingent would be participating.

Key Highlights of Indian Prime Minister visit to France 2023

PM Modi conferred with France's Highest Honour :

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with the highest honour of France, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Prime Minister will hold formal talks with President Macron. President Macron will host a State Banquet as well as a private dinner in honour of the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister is also scheduled to meet the Prime Minister of France as well as the Presidents of the Senate and the National Assembly of France. He will separately interact with the Indian diaspora in France, CEOs of Indian and French companies, and prominent French personalities.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the India – France Strategic Partnership, and Prime Minister’s visit will provide an opportunity to chart the course of the partnership for the future across diverse sectors such as strategic, cultural, scientific, academic and economic cooperation.

India and France have agreed to use UPI in France ::

India and France have agreed to use Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment mechanism which will begin from the iconic Eiffel Tower, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Thursday. He said Indian tourists in France will now be able to make payments in rupees.

Addressing the Indian community at La Seine Musicale in Paris, PM Modi said, “Be it India's UPI or other digital platforms, they have brought a huge social transformation in the country and I am happy that India and France are also working together in direction."

Top points to know ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s France visit :

1. One of the key highlights of this visit is the deals worth over Rs 90,000 crore to buy 26 Rafale M aircraft and three additional Scorpene submarines.  

2. The deals include 26 Rafale M aircraft including 22 single sweaters and four double sweater trainer versions.  

3. The three additional submarines will be a part of the Scorpene deal under Ministry of Defence’s Project 75 aimed at planned procurement of diesel-electric submarines for the Indian Navy, India Today reported citing top government sources. 

4. The deals will be placed before the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) in the next few days before being announced in France.  

5. The multi-crore defence deals which will be signed and announced during the Prime Minister’s upcoming visit.  

6. Prime Minister Modi will be hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron as the Guest of Honour at the Bastille Day celebrations in France. Indian troops will also join the annual Bastille Day military parade.  

7. With this, PM Modi will be the second Indian PM to get a red-carpet welcome at the Bastille Day parade after Dr Manmohan Singh in 2009.  

8. Strategic tie-ups to broaden engagement with Asia and other Western nations to check China’s growing assertive in the Pacific region will also be a part of this visit.  

9. Bilateral trade between India and France stands at EUR 10.7 billion with more than 1,000 French companies having a total turnover of more $20 billion. 210 Indian companies are operating in France with an investment stock of EUR 1 billion. 

10. France is the 11th largest foreign investor in India with a total FDI contribution of $10,389 million from April 2000-September 2022.  

Prime Minister will, thereafter, visit Abu Dhabi on July 15. Prime Minister will hold talks with H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi. 

Narendra Modi & President of UAE

The India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership has been steadily strengthening and Prime Minister’s visit will be an opportunity to identify ways to take this forward in various domains such as energy, education, healthcare, food security, fintech, defence and culture. 

It will also be an opportunity to discuss cooperation on global issues, particularly in the context of UAE’s Presidency of COP-28 of the UNFCCC and India’s G-20 Presidency in which UAE is a Special Invitee.

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