Modi France visit highlights: PM Modi to meet Elon Musk during US visit, says report

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanies Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the airport as he emplanes from Marseille, France for Washington, DC, USA, on Wednesday.

PM Modi France visit highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed his bilateral visit to France and departed for Washington on Wednesday to meet US President Donald Trump. He thanked France for a “productive visit” that touched upon multiple domains of bilateral cooperation including AI, commerce, energy and cultural linkages. In his address at the AI Action Summit in Paris, PM Modi called for investment in skilling and reskilling people for an artificial intelligence (AI)- driven future. He also asserted that governance is about ensuring access to everyone, especially in the Global South.

France confirmed that India will be hosting the next AI summit after PM Modi expressed interest. India also assured France of full support for its initiatives on AI.

The prime minister also spoke at the India-France CEOs Forum in Paris where he encouraged partnerships between businesses in the two countries.

PM Modi France visit | Key updates

• Modi attended a dinner hosted by President Macron at the Élysée Palace in honour of visiting Heads of Government and State. The dinner was also attended by tech CEOs and several other distinguished invitees to the summit.
• The AI Action Summit assumes significance in the wake of tech disruption by China's DeepSeek. IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that India plans to develop a domestic AI model.
• Modi also addressed the India-France CEOs Forum where he encouraged businesses to enter the Indian market and highlighted the country's progress on several fronts.
• Modi visited the Mazargues War Cemetery, maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Marseille, to pay tribute to the sacrifices made by Indian soldiers in World War I.
• Modi and Macron visited Cadarache, the site of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), a high-science nuclear fusion project.