India, Feb. 12 -- The new Indian consulate in Marseille in France was jointly inaugurated on Wednesday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron as part of efforts to deepen economic and people-to-people ties.

Modi and Macron travelled to the southern port city on Tuesday after co-chairing the AI Action Summit in Paris. Following their bilateral engagements, the two leaders inaugurated the newly opened consulate on Wednesday morning. They briefly interacted with members of the Indian diaspora who gathered to welcome them.

India and France are working to forge greater connectivity between the port cities of Mumbai and Marseille as they strengthen trade and economic ties and this was one of the reasons behind th...