Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:56am on 19 Jun 2026,Friday India Global
French President Emmanuel Macron bid farewell to Prime Minister Narendra Modi using a Hindi greeting, “Priye Mitr” (dear friend), during Modi’s visit to France, highlighting the warmth in India–France relations. The gesture came at the end of high-level talks focused on defence cooperation, trade expansion, climate action, and global security challenges. Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening strategic partnerships and increasing collaboration in technology and space sectors. The use of Hindi by Macron was widely seen as a diplomatic gesture symbolizing personal rapport and deepening cultural ties between the two nations amid evolving global geopolitics.
