The banquet dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his two-day visit to France, held many special gestures for the latter.
The banquet was organised at Paris’ Louvre Museum on July 14, the French National Day. The Prime Minister was welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron and French First Lady Brigitte Macron. The last time a banquet was held at Louvre was for Queen Elizabeth in 1953. The museum which generally gets a lot of footfalls on this day, was closed off for hosting the banquet.
Even the thread for the menu had the Indian tricolor, marking a deviation from the protocol which is to use French colours only. The menu for the banquet was a specially curated vegetarian one.
