PM Modi will host French President Macron in Mumbai on Tuesday

NEW DELHI: India and France volition look to further upgrade their defence, commercialized and exertion ties arsenic PM Narendra Modi hosts French President Emmanuel Macron for a bilateral gathering successful Mumbai connected Tuesday.

During his three-day sojourn to India, Macron volition besides enactment successful the AI acme successful Delhi connected Thursday.Official sources said adjacent to a twelve agreements/MoUs are apt to beryllium signed aft the bilateral gathering successful areas similar defence, trade, skilling, health, and proviso chains. In Mumbai, the leaders volition jointly inaugurate the India-France Year of Innovation which volition beryllium celebrated done 2026 successful some countries, according to the ministry of outer affairs.

The India-France Year of Innovation and Cultural Commemoration volition beryllium held astatine the Gateway of India connected Tuesday evening.The Indian govt had past week approved a connection to procure 114 Rafale combatant jets nether a govt-to-govt model from France. India and France volition besides clasp connected Tuesday the 6th Annual Defence Dialogue successful Bengaluru that is expected to spot the renewal of their defence practice statement for different 10 years.

Discussions are besides apt to absorption connected greater practice involving aerial and maritime assets, successful enactment with the ambitious Defence Industrial Roadmap agreed to successful 2024.Both leaders volition besides look to sermon determination and planetary issues, including the Russia-Ukraine war, the concern successful Gaza and the Indo-Pacific portion wherever India sees France arsenic an indispensable partner. With uncertainty looming implicit Quad, the concern with France, a nonmigratory powerfulness successful the Indian Ocean, has go adjacent much important for India.According to Indian authorities, some leaders volition clasp discussions connected strengthening bilateral practice crossed a wide spectrum of areas arsenic enshrined successful the Horizon 2047 Roadmap that was adopted 3 years ago, mounting the people for bilateral practice implicit the adjacent 25 years. Macron's information successful the AI acme successful India follows his co-chairing with Modi the aforesaid acme successful France past year.Both leaders had past stressed their communal committedness to factual actions to guarantee that the planetary AI assemblage tin thrust social, economical and biology outcomes successful nationalist interest. They are besides expected to reappraisal advancement connected the India-France Roadmap connected AI, rooted successful the "philosophical convergence" successful their approaches focusing connected the improvement of safe, open, unafraid and trustworthy artificial intelligence.

The roadmap had been launched past twelvemonth during Modi's sojourn to France.