TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Six months after being elected, French President Emmanuel Macron is set to make his first visit to India from December 8 to 10, sources said here on Wednesday. He will hold official talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time, although they met during the G-20 summit in Hamburg in July this year.
India is preparing to host him as the chief guest at the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Summit, which is scheduled to be held on December 9. This ties in with India’s public commitment to the Paris climate agreement despite US pulling out. The ISA, a coalition of 121 solar-rich countries to address energy needs, will become a legal entity during the summit with the adoption of a legal instrument.
Macron’s first visit to India as President comes less than two years after then French President Francois Hollande visited India in January 2016 as the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations.
