French Prez Macron Will be Chief Guest at Republic Day 2024

New Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday confirmed that he will attend the Republic Day celebrations 2024 as the chief guest. He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the invitation.

“Thank you for your invitation, my dear friend @NarendraModi. India, on your Republic Day, I’ll be here to celebrate with you!” Macron posted on X.

The Ministry of External Affairs in a statement said, “At the invitation of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of France, will be visiting India as the Chief Guest for the 75th Republic Day celebrations.”

It is the sixth time for a French leader to be the chief guest at Republic Day celebrations in Delhi.

Former French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac was the Chief guest on India’s Republic Day celebrations in 1976 and 1998, as were former Presidents Valery Giscard d’Estaing, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Francois Hollande in the years 1980, 2008 and 2016, respectively.

PM Modi was the Guest of Honour at the Bastille Day Parade held on July 14, 2023, in Paris.