French President Macron expected to be Republic Day chief guest

24-Dec-2023

French President Macron is expected to be Republic Day chief guest.

French President Macron is expected to be Republic Day chief guest. The United States (US) was unable to accept India’s invitation for President Joe Biden to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations.

The development comes after the US was unable to accept India’s invitation for President Joe Biden to be the chief guest for the Republic Day.

This will also be the sixth time that a French head of state will attend the celebrations as chief guest since 1976.

The French presidents who were guests at the Republic Day celebrations were Jacques Chirac (1976 and 1998), Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (1980), Nicolas Sarkozy (2008) and François Hollande (2016).

There was no word from Indian officials regarding Macron’s presence at the Republic Day celebrations, though the people cited above said the French president is expected to attend the event and that a formal announcement was expected soon.