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INTERNATIONAL US-France tour
INDIA-FRANCE
STRATEGIC COOPERATION
IS GETTING STRONGER
India and France have long-standing cultural,
trade, and economic ties. Defence partnership
is at the heart of the relationship between the
two countries. On January 26, 2025, the India-
PRESIDENT TRUMP GIFTED A BOOK, WROTE...
France Strategic Partnership will complete 27
MR. PRIME MINISTER, years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived
YOU ARE GREAT in France on his sixth visit to strengthen ties
and cooperation between the two countries.
where he discussed bilateral relations with
On his US visit, Prime Minister Modi
met President Trump as well as Vice the French President Emmanuel Macron,
President JD Vance, National Security The two leaders reviewed cooperation in
Advisor Michael Waltz, National
Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard the strategic areas of defence, civil nuclear
energy, and space. They also discussed ways
and the head of the US Department of
to strengthen collaboration in the fields of
Government Efficiency and Tesla CEO
technology and innovation.
Elon Musk.
•n President Trump gifted a book ‘Our Journey
Together’ to PM Modi. This 320-page book efence, security, civil nuclear affairs, and space
has pictures of ‘Howdy Modi’ and ‘Namaste
Trump’ programs held in 2019. Trump cooperation are the key pillars of India-France
wrote a message on this book - Mr. Prime Dstrategic relations. It now also includes a
Minister, you are great. strong Indo-Pacific component. In recent years, the
partnership has also included maritime security,
•n PM Modi gave a puzzle with Madhubani
folk painting to Vice President JD Vance’s digitalisation, cybersecurity and advanced
son Ivan, a wooden railway toy set to his computing, counter-terrorism, climate change,
second son Vivek and a wooden alphabet renewable and sustainable development, and
to daughter Mirabel Rose Vance.
growth. Taking this forward, Prime Minister Narendra
•n Elon Musk gave PM Modi a momento made Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron have
of SpaceX’s Starship Flight Test 5’s heat
shield. This shield protects the spacecraft expressed satisfaction over health, culture, tourism,
from extreme temperatures. At the education, and people-to-people relations. Along
same time, PM Modi gifted Rabindranath with this, it has been decided to further strengthen
Tagore’s The Crescent Moon, The Great RK mutual engagement in the Indo-Pacific and global
Narayan Collection and Vishnu Sharma’s
Panchatantra book to Musk’s children. forums and initiatives. Many important decisions
were finalised in the field of mutual relations between
the two countries.
Both leaders said there is an urgent need to reform
the United Nations Security Council and agreed to
coordinate closely on multilateral forums, including
the United Nations Security Council. France once
again reiterated India’s permanent membership in
the Security Council. Both countries will celebrate
India-France Innovation Year in New Delhi in March
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