NewzVille Desk
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a 3 day state visit to France from 10-12 February 2025. He co-chaired the AI Action Summit in Paris and participated and addressed the India-France CEO Forum.
Some of the major outcomes of the PM’s visit were in areas like Technology, Innovation, Space, Nuclear Energy, Environment, Culture etc.
Here are the details of the key outcomes:
Technology & Innovation, S&T
1. India France Declaration on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
2. Letter of Intent between Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India and Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA) France to establish the Indo-French Center for the Digital Sciences
3. Agreement for hosting 10 Indian Startups at the French Start-up incubator Station F
Civil Nuclear Energy
1. Declaration of Intent on establishment of partnership on Advanced Modular Reactors and Small Modular Reactors
2. Renewal of MoU between Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), India and Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives of France (CAE), France concerning cooperation with Global Center for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP)
3. Implementing Agreement between DAE of India and CEA of France concerning cooperation between GCNEP India and Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INSTN) France
Indo-Pacific/ Sustainable Development
Join Declaration of Intent on Triangular Development Cooperation
Culture/ People-to-People
Joint Inauguration of India’s Consulate in Marseille
Environment
Declaration of Intent between The Ministry for the Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, Marine Affairs and Fisheries and The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the Field of Environment.
