JAIPUR: President Emmanuel Macron landed in India Thursday at the start of a two-day visit, an AFP photographer said, with France eyeing lucrative trade deals with the world’s fifth-biggest economy.

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A red carpet welcome including a parade of decorated elephants awaited Macron after landing in Jaipur in Rajasthan, where he will be hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a state banquet in a 19th-century maharaja’s palace.