“We continue to support the Ukrainian people.” Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden spoke this Thursday in Washington DC after a meeting between the two heads of state. The opportunity for the two leaders to reaffirm their support for Ukraine, which has been at war with Russia for more than nine months.
Denouncing Russia’s “incredibly violent” aggression, Joe Biden said at the start of the press conference that he and Emmanuel Macron would continue to work together to “hold Russia to account for its actions.”
Putin believes that he can destroy the will of the Ukrainian people […] He will not make it,” said the US president.
Reconciliation and tensions
Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden also pledged in a joint statement to support Ukraine “for as long as necessary.”
The President of the Republic makes his second state visit to the United States, this time with the Biden administration. A trip under the sign of the rapprochement between the two presidents after several differences on various issues.
The Australian Submarine Affair Diplomatic relations between the two countries deteriorated notably with the decision taken by Canberra to cancel the “contract of the century” with Paris for the delivery of submarines in favor of an alliance with Washington and London.
More recently, the French president criticized US subsidies that favor “made in the USA” products. Subsidies described as “super aggressive” by Emmanuel Macron at the beginning of his state visit.
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Source: BFM TV
