SIGNIFICANCE OF INDIA’S VISIT TO FRANCE

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Context

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the Guest of Honour at France’s Bastille Day parade in Paris.

Significance of the Visit

• The highlight of the visit will revolve around the remarkable participation of Indian soldiers in the Bastille Day Parade, which is one of Europe's grandest military parades.
• This notable event serves to reinforce the significance of defence cooperation as a cornerstone of the bilateral relationship, with an additional focus on forthcoming announcements of defence deals concerning engines, submarines and fighter jets.
• PM Modi’s visit to France is being interpreted as a step towards closer military cooperation between the two countries, as India is gearing up to acquire 26 new Rafale-M fighter jets that will fit into India’s maritime military plans.
• These are specially designed for use on aircraft carriers, a type of ship of which India currently has two in service.
• Also, the visit coincides with 25 years of the oldest among India’s almost 30 strategic partnerships around the world — and one of the few that has been marked by “total convergence” ever since the two nations committed themselves to it in 1998.

READ ALL ABOUT INDIA-FRANCE RELATIONS:

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/india-france-relations

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/india-france-bilateral-relations

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/india-france

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/india-france-defence-dialogue

BASTILLE DAY

https://iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/bastille-day

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pm-narendra-modi-paris-visit-live-updates-france-emmanuel-macron-bastille-day-latest-news-8832267/