Indians in France ecstatically welcomed India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to UNESCO headquarters in Paris on Friday, where he was addressed the Indian community.
PM Modi, in his address, stated that his government had taken action against corruption, nepotism, the loot of people’s money and terrorism in just 75 days of coming to power.
He further said: “In new India, the way in which action is being taken against corruption, nepotism, the loot of people’s money, terrorism, this has never happened before. Within 75 days of the new Govt coming to power, we took many strong decisions.”
Rapturous welcome for PM @narendramodi at the community programme in Paris! pic.twitter.com/8YzmFf1MUM
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) August 23, 2019
The Indian Premier also called India’s relations with France as “very special”, claiming the friendship would continue. Speaking at the event, he stated, “Today in the 21st century we talk of INFRA. I would like to say that for me it is IN+FRA, which means the alliance between India and France.”
PM Modi also said that it almost took 70 years to remove temporary from Article 370.
He thanked France for fighting global terrorism together and further stated that, in his new tenure, his new government banned triple talaq and took many important decisions for the betterment of citizens.
The Prime Minister also said the friendship between France and India was unbreakable and strong bond. He said good friendship meant staying together during difficult and good times. “When people are talking about next generation infra… when I say infra, it IN of India and FRA of France which makes it Infra,” the PM further said in his speech.
Saying India would be the fourth nation to land on Moon, he stated India will attain most of the climate change goals set for 2030, in the next year and a half.
He also said India would be the fourth nation to land on Moon and also the country will be free of tuberculosis in 2025.
Earlier, PM Modi was received by Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian at the airport on a red-carpet. As per the scheduled three-day visit, President Emmanuel Macron, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Director-General Audrey Azoulay and addressed a community program.
