French Prez Macron to co-chair founding conference of Solar Alliance

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, Mar 09, 2018, 10:20 PM

French Prez Macron to co-chair founding conference of Solar Alliance

New Delhi, March 09: Maritime security and counter-terrorism will be high on the agenda among a number of other bilateral issues when French President Emmanuel Macron comes on a four-day visit to India starting Friday during the course of which he will also co-chair the founding conference of the International Solar Alliance.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Macron will hold a bilateral summit here on Saturday that will aim at further deepening the Strategic Partnership that the two countries share. Following the meeting, a number of agreements across multiple sectors are expected to be signed.

Briefing the media here on Friday, K. Nagaraj Naidu, Joint Secretary (Europe West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, said that though civil nuclear, space and defence cooperation have been the tripod of the India-France partnership, "in recent years, we have seen greater convergence in new areas, particularly maritime security, counter-terrorism and renewable energy".

"Maritime security in the Indian Ocean region is a very important area where we are working together with France," Naidu said.