Republic Day 2024: The excitement of Bharat Parv Republic Day (26 January 2024) is already visible across the country. Preparations for this historic day are going on in full swing in all the states including Delhi. On the occasion of Republic Day of India, it has been a tradition in India that the national leader of one of our friendly countries is invited as the chief guest. This tradition which has been followed for years continues this time also. This time India is inviting one of its special friends as the chief guest. Although India had invited the American President on the occasion of Republic Day, but due to some reason he expressed his inability to come, after this the French President Emmanuel Macron was invited to attend the Republic Day celebrations as the chief guest on 26 January 2024. Was invited for.
Emmanuel Macron will be the chief guest
French President Emmanuel Macron is attending the Republic Day celebrations as the chief guest on 26 January 2024. The French President not only accepted India’s invitation but also expressed great happiness over it. He also thanked India for the invitation. Macron will become the sixth French leader to whom India has given this honour. It is noteworthy that France is a very close friend of India. There is a good trade relationship between India and France. Apart from this, India also has a defense deal with France. India has also purchased Rafale aircraft from France, which is the fifth generation state-of-the-art aircraft.
President Macron said thanks on PM Modi’s invitation
At the same time, expressing happiness over India’s invitation on Republic Day, French President Macron had recently thanked on his social media account X (Twitter). He wrote in his post that ‘My dear friend Narendra Modi, I will be here to celebrate with you on your Republic Day.’ He said thank you for your invitation. In this series, a statement was also issued by the Ministry of External Affairs saying that on the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, French President Emmanuel Macron is coming to India as the chief guest of the 75th Republic Day celebrations.
How is the chief guest selected?
The process of deciding who should be the chief guest for Republic Day starts about six months before the event. The Ministry of External Affairs considers many things before extending the invitation. After this there are consultations with the Prime Minister and the President. Along with this, it is also considered that what is the relationship of the concerned country with India. In fact, the invitation to be the chief guest of the Republic Day Parade is a sign of friendship between India and the country of the national leader of the invited country. Which the Indian Foreign Ministry does to further strengthen its relations with the invited country. Apart from this, care is also taken that inviting invited guests will not spoil our relations with any other country.
Consultations take place with the President and Prime Minister
Before inviting foreign guests, the Ministry of External Affairs of India first selects the chief guest. After this the Ministry consults the President and Prime Minister of India on this issue. After getting permission from the President and Prime Minister, the further process starts. The Indian Ambassador finds out whether the national leader of the visiting country will be available on that special day. Many times the guest has other programs on that date. Like this time the President of America had received the invitation but due to other commitments he was not available, after this the President of France was invited.