<p>French President Emmanuel Macron will visit India towards the end of this year for a meeting of the International Solar Alliance -- an initiative that is the brainchild of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<br /><br />During two hours of wide-ranging talks with Macron at the presidential Elysee Palace here, Modi invited the French president to visit India.<br /><br />Macron accepted the invitation and said he will visit New Delhi by the end of the year for an international summit on solar power -- an area on which France plans closer cooperation with India.<br /><br />"I will be travelling to India towards the end of this year and convene a meeting of the world solar alliance," Macron said, referring to the International Solar Alliance -- an alliance of more than 120 countries.<br /><br />ISA was launched in November 30, 2015, as a coalition of solar resource rich countries jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then French President Francois Hollande in the presence of the then UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.<br /><br />Earlier, Macron greeted Prime Minister Modi with a bear hug in the courtyard of the presidential Elysee Palace when he arrived for the meeting and working lunch.<br /><br />The Prime Minister thanked President Macron for the warm welcome and congratulated him for the election victory.<br />39-year-old Macron created history last month by becoming the youngest president of France.</p>
<p>French President Emmanuel Macron will visit India towards the end of this year for a meeting of the International Solar Alliance -- an initiative that is the brainchild of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<br /><br />During two hours of wide-ranging talks with Macron at the presidential Elysee Palace here, Modi invited the French president to visit India.<br /><br />Macron accepted the invitation and said he will visit New Delhi by the end of the year for an international summit on solar power -- an area on which France plans closer cooperation with India.<br /><br />"I will be travelling to India towards the end of this year and convene a meeting of the world solar alliance," Macron said, referring to the International Solar Alliance -- an alliance of more than 120 countries.<br /><br />ISA was launched in November 30, 2015, as a coalition of solar resource rich countries jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then French President Francois Hollande in the presence of the then UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.<br /><br />Earlier, Macron greeted Prime Minister Modi with a bear hug in the courtyard of the presidential Elysee Palace when he arrived for the meeting and working lunch.<br /><br />The Prime Minister thanked President Macron for the warm welcome and congratulated him for the election victory.<br />39-year-old Macron created history last month by becoming the youngest president of France.</p>