Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to receive French President Francois Hollande in Chandigarh on January 24.The French president, who will be the chief guest at the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, will land in Chandigarh first to begin his India tour.
Police sources said that Modi will receive Hollande at the technical area of the Chandigarh Air Force Station (AFS). Both leaders will spend next few hours in Chandigarh before leaving for New Delhi in the evening.
Hollande had expressed his desire to visit Chandigarh, one of the few planned cities in the country, designed by famous French architect Le Corbusier in the 1950s and 1960s.
President Hollande is likely to visit Chandigarh’s ‘Capitol Complex’, Rock Garden, Sector 17 Plaza (the city’s commercial and business centre), Tagore Theatre and the Le Corbusier Centre in Sector 19 (where the master-planner and his team worked and conceptualized the city).
The exact itinerary of Hollande’s visit will be finalised on Wednesday and Thursday (January 13-14) when the advance team, including security officials, of the French President arrive here, a senior official of the Chandigarh Administration said.
The French Ambassador to India had recently visited the city in preparation for the president’s visit.
Preparations are in full swing and security arrangements are being worked out for the French President’s visit. A conference is also likely to be held at the hotel.
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