Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in France on June 13 and is due to meet President Emmanuel Macron in Nice on June 14 to jointly open the Bharat Innovates event and review the India‑France strategic partnership.
- Modi will pay a state visit to Slovakia on June 14–15, the first visit by an Indian prime minister since Slovakia’s 1993 independence, with talks set to cover trade, investment and manufacturing links.
- India will participate in G7 outreach sessions in Evian on June 16–17 and the White House has confirmed a bilateral meeting between Modi and US President Donald Trump to discuss trade, energy and regional security.
- Officials and diplomats say negotiations on deeper defence cooperation — including a reported MRFA plan with Dassault to supply initial Rafales and manufacture the rest in India — and French interest in civil nuclear projects after the SHANTI law are developing but not finalized.
- The visit culminates in Paris on June 18 at VivaTech where India will have the largest national pavilion; the trip builds on this year’s elevation of India‑France ties and aims to shape trade, technology and energy cooperation with Europe.