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The Prime Minister’s Office said that PM Modi, US Vice President JD Vance and French President Emmanuel Macron had an interaction.
PM Modi France Visit: PM Modi, French President Emmanuel Macron and US Vice President JD Vance interact at the Elysee Palace in Paris during a working dinner. (IMAGE: X/@PMOIndia)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US Vice President JD Vance and French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday (local time) interacted on the sidelines of a dinner hosted by the French President in Paris’ Elysee Palace.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with French President Emmanuel Macron and US Vice President JD Vance,” the Prime Minister’s Office said.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz were among the other high-profile attendees to attend the working dinner.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi arrived in Paris for the first leg of his two-nation tour that will later take him to the US.
During his three-day visit to France, Modi will co-chair the AI Action Summit with Macron in Paris, hold bilateral talks with him, and address business leaders.
Modi and Macron will also hold discussions in both restricted and delegation formats and address the India-France CEO’s Forum.
In his departure statement, the prime minister said that the bilateral segment of his visit will provide an opportunity to review the progress on the 2047 Horizon Roadmap for India-France strategic partnership along with “my friend” President Macron.
On Wednesday, the two leaders will visit Mazargues War Cemetery, maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Marseille, to pay tribute to the sacrifices made by Indian soldiers in World War I.
They will inaugurate the newest Consulate General of India in Marseille.
This is Modi’s sixth visit to France, according to officials.
