The President of the United States Joe Biden will meet with his French counterpart Emanuel Macron on Friday in Rome, before its summit G20, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan announced on Tuesday.
Sullivan did not give further details about this meeting, which will take place shortly before since the beginning of the summit of the leaders of the most powerful countries in the world, according to telegrams from AFP and Reuters.
This will be the first time the two presidents have met in person following the crisis in mid-September, when the new, strategic alliance between the US, Australia and Britain was announced.
It is recalled that this agreement, the so-called AUKUS, angered France for torpedoing French submarine deal in Australia.
Since then, Washington has been trying to defuse tensions. Biden and Macron have already talked twice by phone after this crisis broke out, according to the same sources.
France, meanwhile, is seeking the blessings of the United States to form one European defense mechanism, a project that despite its efforts has not really progressed for 30 years.
Biden meets Francesco and Draghi
Biden will also meet with him Pope Francis as well as with the Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi.
Sullivan did not disclose with which other leaders the US president may meet in person in Rome or Glasgow, where he will then travel to the international summit. COP26 for the climate.
At the G20 summit, Biden is expected to discuss issues such as energy prices, Iran’s nuclear program and supply chain problems.
It is pointed out that the leaders of Russia Vladimir Putin and China Xi Jinping will not go to Rome for the G20.
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