French Prez to visit India in December

CHENNAI: French President Emmanuel Macron will visit India in December and discuss various issues, including strategic and economic ties, with the leadership here, France’s Ambassador to India Alexandre Ziegler said on Wednesday.

Macron will be here from December 8 to 10.

Ziegler said a nuclear plant in France will go on stream next year, which will be a reference site for India to decide on buying French nuclear reactors for the Jaitapur site in Maharashtra.

“There will be discussions on economic, strategic, smart cities, renewable energy and other aspects,” Ziegler told reporters on the sidelines of an event to announce commencement of direct flights to Paris from Chennai by Jet Airways this month.

According to him, bilateral trade was good and so were French companies’ investments in India and vice versa.