PM Modi likely to visit France this year;

 

Narendra Modi with French PresidentPrime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit France some time this year, French official sources said on Thursday.
French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius will arrive India on Thursday to hold bilateral meetings with several Union ministers and is expected to take part in Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS). No agreements are expected to be signed during Fabius's visit.
He is also expected to call upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The sources have said that his trip would contribute to Narendra Modi's visit.

 

 

PTI reported that the Diplomatic Advisor to the French President Jacques Audibert had met Modi during his visit to India earlier and the Prime Minister had then confirmed his visit to France in 2015.

"We welcome his trip. This visit of Laurent Fabius and his meeting with External Affairs Minister Sushama Swaraj will also contribute to the preparations of his (Modi) visit," PTI quoted French sources.
However, the dates were not decided yet and were being worked upon.
"After the terrorist attack last month in Paris, we received thousands of messages from India starting with the Prime Minister, President and several other dignitaries. The intensity of friendship message we received from India is very dear to our heart," the sources added

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