French President to visit India on March 9 -- 4 day trip

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Thu, Mar 01, 2018, 10:56 PM

French President to visit India on March 9 -- 4 day trip

New Delhi, March 01: French President Emmanuel Macron will arrive here on March 9 for a four-day state visit to India, during which he will hold a summit meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday.

According to the Ministry statement, Modi and Macron will meet on March 10.

"The visit of President Macron is aimed at strengthening the bilateral economic, political and strategic dimension of our engagement," it said.

Modi earlier met Macron soon after the latter was elected President, during a visit to Paris in June last year.