India, France to raise ties to special global strategic partnership

18 Feb '26

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India, France to raise ties to special global strategic partnership

French President Emmanuel Macron & Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the event at Mumbai on Feb 17, 2026. Pic: PIB

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Indian PM Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron have welcomed a sustained growth in bilateral trade and agreed to elevate relations to a 'special global strategic partnership' to guide bilateral cooperation in the coming decades.
They established an annual Foreign Ministers Comprehensive Dialogue for reviewing bilateral cooperation and implementation of the elevated partnership.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron recently welcomed a sustained growth in bilateral trade and agreed to elevate relations to a ‘special global strategic partnership’ to guide bilateral cooperation in the coming decades.

Macron was on an official visit to India from February 17 to 19 to participate in the Artificial Intelligence Impact Summit 2026.

Both leaders jointly inaugurated the 2026 India-France Year of Innovation in Mumbai.

They established an annual Foreign Ministers Comprehensive Dialogue for regularly reviewing the progress of bilateral cooperation and implementation of the elevated partnership, a joint statement issued after the visit said.

Both countries are cooperating on building trusted, reliable and resilient supply chains, as well as safeguarding their economic security.

The leaders reaffirmed their commitment to cooperate on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), recognising its transformational potential in reshaping and promoting global trade, connectivity and prosperity.

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