Biden declined the invitation, and Macron will attend the Republic Day event in India as the guest o

Mondo International Updated on 2024-01-30

On December 22, local time, the French ** office announced that Macron would be the guest of honor at the celebration of India's Republic Day on January 26 next year, and called it a "powerful gesture" to show the relationship between the two countries. According to the Times of India, India extended an invitation to Macron after Biden declined the invitation from the United States.

On January 26, 1950, the Parliament of India adopted the Constitution of the Republic of India and established the Republic of India, and January 26 of each year is designated as Republic of India Day. On this day, India celebrates with a grand military parade and parade, and foreign leaders or heads of state are invited to attend the ceremony.

At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Macron will visit India as the guest of honour at the 75th Republic Day celebrations, India** said in a statement. As strategic partners, India and France share a high degree of consensus on a range of regional and global issues, and the two countries are currently celebrating the 25th anniversary of the establishment of a strategic partnership between India and France, the statement said.

The statement also mentioned that Modi was the guest of honour at the French National Day celebrations in Paris on July 14 this year, and that Macron visited India on September 8-9 for the G20 summit two months later.

On January 26, 2023, India held a military parade on Republic Day. The picture shows the Indian Army's "Traditional Arts" motorcycle stunt performance surging images.

According to the Associated Press, France's former Jacques Chirac, Sarkozy and François Hollande have all been invited to attend India's Republic Day events. India and France now want to further strengthen cooperation on a range of issues, including climate, arms sales, and Indo-Pacific strategy.

The Times of India mentioned that India extended an invitation to Macron after the invitation to Biden was rejected. India's "Business Standard" newspaper previously said that India had invited Biden as the guest of honor, but Biden made it clear that he would not attend the event. According to the report, the reason why Biden refused the invitation may be related to factors such as his State of the Union address early next year, a new election, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict situation.

Russia Today"** noted that the United States and India have recently made waves over India**'s alleged involvement in the assassination of Sikh people in the United States.

In November, the U.S. Department of Justice publicly accused India** of being involved in planning an "assassination plot" against Sikh separatist leader Pannon on U.S. soil, and said the case was linked to another assassination of Sikh leader Nijjar in Canada.

India** has denied any involvement in the assassination and announced that it will open a formal investigation into the allegations made by the US side. On December 20, local time, Modi responded to the matter for the first time, saying that New Delhi would investigate any evidence provided by Washington, while insisting that US-India relations would not be affected by "minority incidents", and criticizing that it was "inappropriate" to link "minority incidents" to diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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