India, Feb. 18 -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday spoke about "welcoming" more Indian students to France, and vice versa in the near future, while announcing easier visa norms.

While speaking at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) campus in New Delhi, Macron signaled the willingness to strengthening educational ties with India, and France's commitment to increasing student mobility between both countries.

"We want to welcome more Indian students and have more French students coming here. We are currently speaking about 10,000 per year," ANI news agency cited Macron as saying. He added that he had, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, decided to increase the above number to 30,000 Indian students.

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