{"id":326760,"date":"2025-02-14T18:17:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T12:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=326760"},"modified":"2025-02-14T18:17:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T12:47:43","slug":"key-takeaways-from-pm-modis-visit-to-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-takeaways-from-pm-modis-visit-to-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Takeaways from PM Modi\u2019s Visit to France\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PM Modi co-chaired the AI Action Summit with French President Macron, focusing on open-source AI development, sustainability, and creating job opportunities through skilling.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Key Takeaways from PM Modi\u2019s Visit to France\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Strengthening Strategic Partnership:<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India and France reviewed the \u2018Horizon 2047\u2019 Roadmap, agreed in 2023, marking 25 years of their strategic partnership (since 1998).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They reaffirmed cooperation in defence, nuclear energy, connectivity, and climate change.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Geopolitical Shifts \u2013 US and Trump Factor:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump\u2019s outreach to Russia raised concerns in Europe over strategic dependence on the US.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France and the EU are reconsidering their defence policies, aligning with India\u2019s vision of strategic autonomy and a multipolar world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Defence Cooperation:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France is a key defence supplier to India; ongoing projects include Rafale jets, Scorpene submarines, helicopters, and joint production.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India offered its DRDO-developed Pinaka rocket launcher to France.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defence Industrial Roadmap (2023) aims to strengthen joint manufacturing and exports.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Connectivity \u2013 IMEC Project:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India and France discussed the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), connecting India, the Gulf, and Europe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France proposed Marseille as a key hub, offering an alternative trade route amidst regional uncertainties.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Nuclear Energy Cooperation:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France, a leader in nuclear power, is engaged in the Jaitapur nuclear project in India, though legal and cost issues remain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India plans legal reforms and is shifting focus to Small and Advanced Modular Reactors (SMRs, AMRs); Rs 20,000 crore was allocated in the Union Budget for nuclear R&amp;D.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India and France signed a cooperation agreement on SMRs and AMRs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Climate Commitment:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both nations reinforced their commitment to climate action and energy transition, especially as Trump weakened US climate policies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: PM Modi co-chaired the AI Action Summit with French President Macron, focusing on open-source AI development, sustainability, and creating job opportunities through skilling. Key Takeaways from PM Modi\u2019s Visit to France\u00a0 Strengthening Strategic Partnership: India and France reviewed the \u2018Horizon 2047\u2019 Roadmap, agreed in 2023, marking 25 years of their strategic partnership (since 1998).&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-takeaways-from-pm-modis-visit-to-france\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Key Takeaways from PM Modi\u2019s Visit to France\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,12039],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-326760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}