External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s Paris rendezvous with President Emmanuel Macron on January 9 emphasized elevating the India-France strategic partnership amid profound worldwide transformations in politics and economy.
The conversation, laced with PM Modi’s personal message of goodwill, covered critical issues like evolving power structures, regional instabilities, and the push for synchronized efforts between natural allies.
On X, Jaishankar noted, ‘Great pleasure meeting President Macron, delivering PM Modi’s greetings. I hold in high regard his perspectives on current global happenings and support for our strategic ties.’
Rooted in decades of cooperation across defense, aerospace, nuclear power, sustainable energy, and Indo-Pacific security, this partnership offers steadfastness in a volatile global arena. India and France steadfastly promote self-reliant strategies within a framework of international rules.
Speaking to French envoys, Jaishankar outlined megatrends—trade flows, financial innovations, technological leaps, energy paradigms, resource competitions, and connectivity webs—driving geopolitical realignments. He stressed cognitive adaptability as pivotal, framing India-France synergy as foundational to multipolarity and independence.
Preceding this, Jaishankar joined the first India-Weimar Triangle dialogue with Polish, French, and German foreign officials, opening doors to trilateral European-Indian exchanges.
He contextualized the urgency: ‘Years of Indo-Pacific unrest, coupled with Europe’s strategic predicaments and order-altering events, necessitate cross-continental consultations. Our positions vary, yet—or therefore—regular dialogues yield strategic gains.’ Affirming France’s veteran status in India’s alliances, he highlighted ongoing interactions as relational bedrock.
As global uncertainties mount, such diplomacy exemplifies forward-thinking leadership, bolstering bilateral resilience.