with the chinese top diplomat wang yi. the meeting, held in indonesia s capitaljakarta, comes as part of a continued effort to reduce tensions between the two global powers. days earlier, tech giant microsoft said chinese hackers had breached us government email accounts. blinken raised this with wang, but he pushed back on what he called us interference in china s affairs. india s prime minister narendra modi has begun a two day visit to france. he was welcomed at the elysee palace by president macron. on friday, mr modi will attend the traditional bastille day military parade as a guest of honour. it s believed he is looking to deepen ties with one of india s oldest strategic partners in the west. live now to paris and we can speak to tomasz michalski, associate professor of economics at the hec paris business school. we do see nerandra modi in
July 14, 2023, has turned out to be another momentous day for India. It witnessed the scheduled launch of Chandrayaan-3 and Prime Minister Modi as the guest of honour at the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris
invest in awareness raising as well because society as a whole, we need to think about the impacts we are having on the environment because of our lifestyle, that has to change. we go live now to france, paris, emmanuel macron isjust we go live now to france, paris, emmanuel macron is just speaking, the reason he is speaking is firstly it is bastille day in france, but the guest of honour is from india, narendra modi is there on a two day state visit. obviously we have no transition at the moment, that s why we re not going straight to the full screen. but a big day for narendra modi, he has already been the recipient of the cross of the legion of honour, which is france a s highest honour, given to him by
i certainly do think to some extent. i think there has been a change in mindset about china in last parts of europe. they have seen germany, for example, coming up recently with the new try to strategy. it reduces the economic dependence on china. it means india becomes more or less a destination of choice for a number of european companies and countries as they engage with one of the largest economic powers and as india s emerged as one of the fastest growing major economies in the world, perhaps the fastest. i think in that sense, we are putting india as an opportunity at a time when china is becoming a challenge. i think that certainly is the case, but in this particular case, we ve also seen india and france particularly, france has been a long standing partner. this particular relationship means along