New Delhi, India – Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday departed from the national capital for a four-day trip to France and the United States, where he will engage in talks with President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump.
Modi will be in France till February 12, where he will be co-chairing the AI Action Summit.
Macron and Modi will also travel to the historic French city of Marseille to inaugurate the first Indian Consulate in France and also visit the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project, in which India is a member of the consortium of partner countries including France, to harness energy for the global good.
From France, he will proceed on a two-day visit to the United States at the invitation of President Donald Trump.
After his arrival in Paris on Monday evening, Modi will attend a dinner that is being hosted by Macron at the Elysee Palace in honour of visiting heads of government and heads of State.
The dinner is also likely to be attended by a large number of CEOs from the tech domain and a number of other distinguished invitees to the summit.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said recently at a special media briefing that Modi will co-chair the AI Action Summit along with President Macron on Tuesday.
After the AI summit, there will be a bilateral component to the visit and Modi and Macron will address the India-France CEOs forum.
The Indian PM will travel to Marseille on the evening of Tuesday. The French president will also host a dinner, and on Wednesday the two leaders will visit the war cemetery and there they will pay tribute to the sacrifices made by Indian Soldiers in World War 1.
The two leaders will jointly inaugurate the newest Consulate General of India in Marseille and will pay a visit to Kadash which is the site of the international thermal nuclear experimental reactor.
After concluding the France visit Modi will depart for the US to meet with President Donald Trump and interact with senior leaders of the US administration.
This will be the first meeting between the two leaders after President Trump assumed office for his second term.
Previously, the Indian PM visited the US in June 2017 and hosted President Trump for a state visit to India in February 2020.
The two leaders have also spoken on the phone twice since November 2024 (on November 6, 2024 and January 27, 2025).

During his visit, Modi will review the progress on the 2047 Horizon Roadmap for India-France strategic partnership and will develop an agenda to further elevate and deepen partnership with the US in areas such as technology, trade, defence, energy, and supply chain, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a release.

ANI