French President Emmanuel Macron spoke first during his meeting with President Biden, their first face-to-face following a diplomatic conflict final month over an agreement for the US and United Kingdom to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines.
Whereas Biden sat subsequent to him, Macron spoke to reporters in French.
Macron mentioned coordination within the battle in opposition to terrorism with European and worldwide companions.
“Over the previous few weeks, President Biden took some basic selections which benefited to our armies, and these are very a lot, that is the embodiment of the assist. … Then we acknowledged some bilateral agreements on armament exportations, the nuclear sector, the house trade, and of course probably the most superior expertise,” Macron stated, which was translated into English.
“We’ll proceed to work collectively on the principle worldwide points — local weather change, the digital sector, well being — which can be on the agenda of the G20 and we’ll additionally improve our discussions on the arms management, which stays a key difficulty,” he stated.
“In just a few phrases, that is what was on the coronary heart of our work over the previous few weeks, however we’ll be discussing right now these very concrete selections which are being taken to assist some initiatives, some joint initiatives, joint actions on all of those issues, and for me, that is very a lot the start of the method of belief of confidence, which we’re constructing collectively,” Macron stated.
