This had never happened.
Senate President Gérard Larcher will make an official visit to India from February 18 to 21.
The main objective of the trip is to ensure the parliamentary implementation of the strategic partnership engaged with this large South Asian country.
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According to our information, the President of the High Assembly will not be alone.
He will be accompanied in particular by senators Cédric Perrin, president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces, Jean-Noël Guérini, president of the France-India friendship group of the Senate, and Senator Audrey Audrey from Reunion Island. Belim.
On the menu of this trip largely devoted to the economic field, the parliamentarians will have " high-level
" meetings
, it is specified in the Senate, with several ministers and the vice-president of India, president of the counterpart assembly of the Senate.
Meetings are also scheduled with numerous French business leaders.
Two sites symbolizing French excellence, in the fields of aviation and digital technology, will be visited.
The other ambition of the trip is to strengthen the place of French companies and investments, and to develop territorial cooperation, in particular between India and the island of Reunion, as part of the Indo-Pacific strategy of the France.
On January 26, Emmanuel Macron made an official visit to India, on the occasion of the country's national day.