AFP
French media has given a lot of importance to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day visit to Paris, Toulouse and Neuve Chapelle.
Today’s newspapers have front paged Narendra Modi’s visit with great detail about the deals signed, specially the deal to purchase 36 Rafale combat aircraft.
The main newspapers, Le Monde and Le Figaro, have dedicated their front pages to the Indian Prime Minister’s visit, saying that Mr.Modi has come to France looking for both investment and technology. It is quite unusual for French newspapers to focus on foreign visiting dignitaries.
Le Rafale, au cœur de la rencontre entre Modi et Hollande http://t.co/lFRXA756wyhttp://ift.tt/1azF0tf
— Le Monde (@lemondefr) April 10, 2015
Even at the release of the joint statement on Friday in the presence of Prime Minister Modi and President Hollande, in which it was disclosed that 17 bilateral agreements had been inked, the international and French media corps present was at full strength despite it being a Friday evening.
The two leaders did not take any questions from the media, merely reading out statements. Journalists present at the press ‘interaction’ said it was not extraordinary that the leaders did not take questions from the media.
France enjoys a free press and has more than 100 daily newspapers. Most of them are in private hands and are not linked to political parties. Compared to other European nations, the French are not avid newspaper readers, citing only 164 adults out of every 1000 as newspaper readers.
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