Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday jointly inaugurated 101 megawatt solar power plant at Dadar Kala village in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh.
Modi will receive the French President, who will arrive by a special plane at the Lal Bahadur Shastri International airport here today morning, the official said.
"The French Development Agency will allocate additional 700 million euros to its commitment to solar energy by 2022," the French President said at the summit.
ISA is a treaty-based international body for promotion of solar energy in alliance with 121 countries, which are fully or partially between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
India-France bilateral trade rose to USD 10.96 billion (8.91 billion euro) in 2016-17 from USD 8.3 billion (6.74 billion euro) in 2015-16.
The French President is in India for a four-day visit that began on Friday evening. He was speaking at a town hall interaction session with students at Bikaner House here.
The agreements were signed after extensive talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron, including on the changing security dynamics in the Indian Ocean and Pacific.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron called upon all countries to work towards rooting out terrorist safe havens and infrastructure.
Emmanuel Macron arrived here on Friday on a four-day visit to India. He will co-chair the founding conference of the ISA with PM Narendra Modi on Sunday.
India and France signed a deal to step up military cooperation in the Indian Ocean, aiming to counter China’s mighty shadow. Under the deal, each country will open its naval bases to warships from the other.
Agreements in the field of education, environment, urban development and railways were also signed in the presence of the two leaders.
Macron and his wife Brigitte landed at Delhi airport around 9:45pm. Their India visit coincides with the 20th anniversary of the establishment of an Indo-France strategic partnership.
An agreement on the Jaitapur nuclear power plant, which is being built with French assistance, is expected to be signed during the visit, sources here said.
About the demand by the opposition in India to disclose details of Rafale deal, Macron said: "In our alliance between Indian and France, we don't reveal some information when they are sensitive for business reasons."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold delegation-level talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on March 10.
"The two leaders had a good discussion on strengthening our strategic partnership. Modi said that he was looking forward to the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to India next month," External Affairs Spokesperson tweeted.
Emmanuel Macron and Narendra Modi will be be present at the founding ceremony of the ISA due to take place here on December 8.
US President Donald Trump was captured complimenting the French president’s wife’s appearance on Thursday as he toured a famous Paris landmark.
President Trump hinted that there is a possibility of some new development taking place as far as the Paris accord was concerned.
Trump will take meetings at the American Ambassador's residence before being greeted in a formal welcoming ceremony by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron
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