Puducherry government signs MoU with France to promote tourism and cultural exchange

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Lieutenant Governor K. Kailashnathan with the Ambassador of France successful  India Thierry Mathou and French Consul General Etienne Rolland-Piègue astatine  the lawsuit   held precocious    to motion   a MoU successful  the Raj Nivas.

Lieutenant Governor K. Kailashnathan with the Ambassador of France successful India Thierry Mathou and French Consul General Etienne Rolland-Piègue astatine the lawsuit held precocious to motion a MoU successful the Raj Nivas. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The Government of Puducherry has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre-Val de Loire portion successful bluish France for strengthening collaboration successful tourism improvement and assorted different domains.

The MoU betwixt the Department of Tourism and Centre-Val-de-Loire was formally signed astatine a relation successful the Raj Nivas successful the beingness of Lieutenant Governor K. Kailashnathan, during the caller sojourn of the Ambassador of France successful India Thierry Mathou to Puducherry.

The MoU besides envisages partnerships successful Indo-French cooperation, taste exchange, acquisition and research, agriculture and heritage.

A property merchandise from Raj Nivas said the MoU would fortify the accepted ties betwixt the 2 countries, boost practice and grow opportunities for associated endeavours. In summation to promoting sustainable development, projects for probe students and taste exchanges and tourism improvement would beryllium implemented.

The MoU aims to fortify bilateral practice crossed tourism, culture, agriculture and sustainability, Mr. Mathou noted successful a societal media post.

Chief Secretary Sharat Chauhan, D. Manikandan, Secretary, Tourism and K. Muralidharan, Director of Tourism represented the Government of Puducherry portion the French broadside was represented by the French Ambassador, the French Consul General Etienne Rolland-Piegue and Loula Pasquiet, Project Officer coordinating collaborations betwixt the Centre Val de Loire Region (France) and Tamil Nadu arsenic good arsenic the Union Territory of Puducherry.

The president and vice-president for Culture and International Cooperation of the Centre-Val-de-Loire Region participated successful the signing of the statement done video-conferencing.

According to an earlier connection by the French Embassy, the absorption of the four-day sojourn by the Ambassador, who was accompanied by Sophie Briante Guillemont, French Senator for French citizens surviving abroad, was to reaffirm shared priorities successful education, practice preservation, municipality improvement and sustainable tourism. The engagements aimed to deepen practice successful promoting Puducherry’s unsocial taste and architectural bequest portion advancing eco-friendly tourism models, it said.

Published - November 14, 2025 08:24 p.m. IST

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