France's Emmanuel Macron to attend India's Republic Day parade

The French President will be the guest of honour at India's Republic Day parade in January

Last updated: December 22, 2023 | 17:45

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File photo: French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi before a meeting at the Chateau of Chantilly, north of Paris, on August 22, 2019.

New Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron will be the guest of honour at India's Republic Day parade in January, New Delhi announced Friday, days after US President Joe Biden backed out.

Macron "will be visiting India as the chief guest for the 75th Republic Day celebrations" on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation, India's foreign ministry said in a statement.

The Republic Day parade is a highly choreographed cultural and military spectacle of tanks, fighter jets, motorbike stunts, and traditional dances from different parts of the country.

Modi was Macron's guest of honour at France's annual Bastille Day celebrations in July.

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