French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed President Joe Biden successful Paris Saturday, with a pomp and flag-fuelled ceremonial beneath the Arc de Triomphe.
There volition beryllium awkward moments successful the authorities sojourn for 2 presidents divided connected commercialized and however to grip the warfare successful Ukraine.
But they and their archetypal ladies greeted each different warmly, sharing a joke, before lasting enarthrosis to enarthrosis beneath a fluttering French tricolor to grant the nation's warfare dead.
It is simply a accidental for France to instrumentality the favour aft Biden hosted Macron for a authorities sojourn astatine the White House successful 2022. And the French media person made overmuch of the information that their impermanent is successful the state for 5 days, taking successful the D-Day anniversary.
'France is ... our oldest and 1 of our deepest allies. And this volition beryllium an important infinitesimal to affirm that confederation and besides look to the aboriginal and what we person to execute together,' U.S. nationalist information advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters.
President Emmanuel Macron greets President Joe Biden for his authorities sojourn successful Paris connected Saturday, with archetypal ladies Brigitte Macron and Jill Biden
They volition sermon Russia's warfare with Ukraine, the situation successful Gaza, arsenic good arsenic climate change, artificial intelligence and proviso chains.
They volition besides denote plans to enactment unneurotic successful the Indo-Pacific connected larboard information and connected maritime instrumentality enforcement.
Biden and his officials person repeatedly pointed retired that France is the oldest state of the U.S., sending troops to combat successful the Revolutionary War against Britain.
Yet that narration comes with strains. Macron has repeatedly pushed Biden to spell further successful his enactment for Ukraine, adjacent suggesting that helium would nonstop French forces to bid Ukrainian troops successful a determination the American president fears would lone escalate Russian aggression.
And, successful enactment with different European leaders, Macron has been acold much captious of Israel successful its waging of warfare successful Gaza than Biden.
That each comes with a large dose of Gallic indignation astatine immoderate hint of American taste imperialism, coupled with U.S. exasperation astatine French sensitivities.
French Republican Guards basal successful beforehand of the Arc de Triomphe earlier a welcoming ceremonial with France's president and US president, successful Paris
Biden arrived successful France connected Wednesday up of the 80th day of D-Day. On Friday, helium delivered a code at World War II Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument
First woman Jill Biden was astatine the president's broadside aft flying backmost to the U.S. successful a whirlwind sojourn to marque definite she was with stepson Hunter arsenic his proceedings connected weapon charges continues.
While she was away, Biden spent Friday gathering with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky successful Paris, wherever helium apologized for a months-long hold by Congress successful approving tens of billions of dollars of subject aid.
And past helium flew to Normandy for a much-trailed speech, connecting the tone of the U.S. heroes of D-day with the modern combat for democracy.
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