Modi Has 'Real Ambition' To Ensure Clean Energy In India: France

NEW DELHI: France, chair of the UN Climate Change Conference, Thursday lauded Prime Minster Modi's commitment to clean energy reflected in his 100 Smart Cities project and the initiative towards scaling up solar energy use by 2020, describing them as "real ambitions".

"India's commitment to conserve 100,000 MW by 2020 and 100 smart cities are real ambitions. No doubt India will play a leading role in this effort (sustainable development) and do it under Modi who is dedicated to this goal," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said at the inaugural session of 15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit.

"India is very important and a strategic partner" in the global endeavour to resolve the climate issue, Fabius later told IANS.

During his day-long official visit to India, Fabius met Modi, his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.

Seen as a momentum-building measure ahead of Modi's potential visit to France later this year, Fabius, in their meeting, and touched upon a range of subjects for strategic partnership in urban development, tourism, education, climate, and nuclear energy.

Describing India as a "strategic partner" in hammering out a "universal and meaningful", he extended support to India's stand on transfer of clean energy technology developed by western countries.

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