After the tensions linked to the submarine affair, the vice-president will spend five days in our country, illustration of the desire of the United States to close the chapter
United States Vice President Kamala Harris flew to Paris on Monday, where she will spend five days, hoping to complete reconciliation after a severe quarrel between Paris and Washington over a contract for Australian submarines . His plane took off Monday at 9:30 p.m. Washington time (Tuesday at 2:30 a.m. KST).
The consequent duration of the visit, from Tuesday 9 to Saturday 13 November, underlines the desire of the White House to finally turn the page, after the announcement of a new defense alliance around the United States in the Pacific, which sees them blow a huge contract for Australian submarines initially promised to France. Prior to Kamala Harris, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan traveled to Paris to ease relations.
Reinforced cooperation
And President Joe Biden, in his own way, also went to French soil, since he met Emmanuel Macron ten days ago at the French Embassy near the Holy See, in Rome. The vice-president will be received Wednesday, November 10 by the French president at the Elysee Palace, to discuss in particular “European security, the Indo-Pacific, global health”, according to the White House. Strengthening cooperation between France and the United States in the space sector should also be on the menu for the visit, according to a joint press release issued on the occasion of the meeting between Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron.
The vice-president, the first woman to hold this post in the history of the United States, will visit the same day with her husband Doug Emhoff to the American military cemetery of Suresnes, near Paris. On November 11, “Veterans Day” in the United States, Kamala Harris will participate in the ceremonies commemorating the 1918 armistice ending the First World War. The same day, she will take part in the Paris Peace Forum, organized by Emmanuel Macron.
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