On 14 July, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed by French President Macron as guest of honour of this year’s Bastille Day Military Parade in Paris. On this occasion, Joël Ruet was invited on Alain Juillet’s OpenBoxTV to discuss the strategic partnership between France and India.
“India is a country larger than the world,” said the poet and former Mexican ambassador to India Octavio Paz. With this idea in mind, Joël Ruet and Alain Juillet, former High Commissioner for Economic Intelligence at the French Prime Minister’s Office, set out together to explore the social, political, economic and geopolitical diversity and complexity of “the world’s largest democracy.” Looking at China, France and England, Joël Ruet also discussed India’s strategic positioning in the world, between non-alignment and partial alliances, and addressed the importance of a continuing partnership between France and India.