Republic Day 2025: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is more likely to be the Chief Visitor on the upcoming Republic Day celebrations within the nationwide capital, folks accustomed to the matter advised the information company PTI. Nevertheless, India is but to formally announce this yr’s Republic Day chief visitor.
Subianto is unlikely to go to Pakistan instantly after his journey to India, following issues raised by New Delhi. Jakarta deliberate a visit to Pakistan by the Indonesian President after his go to to New Delhi, Pakistan media had reported.
As per the experiences, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will maintain wide-ranging talks with Subianto throughout his go to.
Republic Day chief visitor through the years
India invitations world leaders to be the Chief Visitor at its Republic Day celebrations yearly. In recent times, French President Emmanuel Macron was the chief visitor in 2024, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi attended in 2023. There was no Republic Day Chief visitor in 2021 and 2022 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2020, then-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was the chief visitor on the Republic Day celebration. In 2019, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was the chief visitor on the Republic Day parade, whereas in 2018, leaders of all 10 ASEAN nations attended the occasion.
In earlier years, notable figures who attended embrace Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in 2017, French President Francois Hollande in 2016, and US President Barack Obama in 2015. In 2014, ex-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the chief visitor on the celebration, whereas Bhutan king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck attended the parade in 2013.
The heads of state and authorities who’ve attended the Republic Day celebrations embrace Nicolas Sarkozy, Vladimir Putin, Nelson Mandela, John Main, Mohammed Khatami and Jacques Chirac. The then British Prime Minister John Main had attended the R-Day celebration in 1993, Nelson Mandela participated because the then South African President in 1995, whereas South Korean President President Lee Myung Bak witnessed the parade in 2010.
In 2008, Sarkozy participated within the celebrations as French President, whereas his predecessor Chirac graced the event in 1998. Different world leaders who’ve attended the celebration embrace Nepal’s King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, who got here right here in 1999, Iran’s then President Mohammed Khatami in 2003, then Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in 2011, and President of Maldives Maumoon Abdul Gayoom in 1991.
(With PTI inputs)