French Ambassador to India Thierry Mathou, France's Deputy Ambassador to Puducherry Talbot Barre on Saturday visited the war veterans' memorial on the beach road on behalf of the Puducherry Government.
On this occasion, the French Ambassador underscored the historic ties of friendship, solidarity and trust between India and France, which in the past 25 years have led our two countries to develop an exceptionally successful strategic partnership, said French Embassy in India.
The newly appointed French ambassador to India, Thierry Mathou has said the leaders of the two nations have set the course of Indo-France partnership for the next 25 years, and his role is to translate this roadmap into concrete action.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said that the French Ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats are "literally being held hostage at the French Embassy," reported CNN.
Nicolas Normand, a former French ambassador to Mali and Senegal, confirmed the information to Al Jazeera, stating that, in accordance with his sources, negotiations to "partially" evacuate soldiers between the French and Niger forces were in progress.
Thousands of people supporting the new military rulers of the West African Country, Niger rallied near a military base housing French soldiers on Saturday, demanding that France withdraw its ambassadors and troops from the country as sought by the new Junta establishment, Al Jazeera reported
“Our partnership with India has grown and become a partnership for the planet. We are now seeking to build new solidarities with India in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific,” the French Foreign Minister said in her speech at the annual French Ambassadors Conference.
President Emmanuel Macron has said that France’s ambassador to Niger will stay in the Sahel country in spite of the pressure being mounted to leave by the leaders of the recent coup