French President Emmanuel Macron, the chief guest for India’s 75th Republic Day celebrations, landed in jaipur on thursday on his two-day State visit to India. He was received by External Affairs minister (EAM) S jaishankar, rajasthan Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma and governor Kalraj Mishra. Macron, who arrived in india with a 44-member delegation that includes high power ministers of Foreign Affairs, Stephane Sejourne, Defence, Sebastien Lecomu, and rapidly rising culture czarina Rachida Dati, visited Amber fort and met school students gathered there to welcome him.
In his nearly six-hour stay in jaipur, the French president will visit the historical Amer fort where he will be joined by prime minister Narendra Modi in a 1 km-long road show, “Shobha Yatra”, before the two global leaders hold wide-ranging talks at the luxury hotel Taj Rambagh Palace on the diplomatic relations between india and France. The roadshow is scheduled to start at the Jantar Mantar area at 6:00 pm while PM Modi and Macron are set to begin their meeting at 7:15 pm. The two leaders will be meeting at Jantar-Mantar and are also expected to have Rajasthan’s famous “Masala tea” together at Hawa Mahal.
Afterwards, PM Modi, accompanied by External Affairs minister S jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, will host President Macron for bilateral talks cum dinner at the iconic Rambagh Palace before leaving for delhi late on thursday evening. India’s proposed procurement of 26 Rafale-M (marine version) fighter jets and three Scorpene submarines is likely to be discussed in the meeting.
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