French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to India for the G20 summit and then to Bangladesh on September 9 and 10, the Élysée announced on Sunday, September 3. In New Delhi, he will discuss with his counterparts the “risks of partitioning the world”, linked in particular to the Russian offensive in Ukraine, said the French presidency.
The summit will also focus on responses to “major global challenges, peace and stability, fight against poverty, preservation of the climate and the planet, food security or digital regulation”. It will also be an opportunity to follow up on the Summit for a new global financial pact held in Paris in June in order to combine the fight against poverty and protection of the planet.
In Bangladesh, the Head of State “will continue the concrete implementation of the French strategy in the Indo-Pacific” after welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narandra Modi and visiting Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Sri Lanka in July.
The “Indo-Pacific” is a vast area covering the Indian and Pacific oceans, the scene of growing international tensions between Beijing and Washington, and where France, with its overseas territories, intends to develop its presence alongside regional partners.
The visit to Dhaka will also be “an opportunity to deepen the bilateral relationship with a country which is experiencing rapid economic development […] and which is seeking to diversify its partnerships”, noted the Élysée.
President Macron will also recall France’s “determination to stand alongside Bangladesh on a humanitarian level” while this country is regularly exposed to floods.
