The US presidency said in a statement that the two presidents “discussed efforts to strengthen the European defense force and its capabilities, and to emphasize the partnership with NATO.”
Biden will meet Macron during the G-20 summit in Rome at the end of October, and the US presidency statement indicated that the US president “looks forward to meeting President Macron later this month in Rome, where they will continue to discuss the many files related to French-American cooperation.”
The last contact between the two presidents took place on September 22, and it was the first since the diplomatic crisis that erupted against the backdrop of Australia canceling the purchase of French submarines after the announcement of a new partnership between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom in September that included supplying Canberra with American nuclear-powered submarines.
Against the backdrop of this crisis, Macron summoned the French ambassador to Washington, and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian compared Biden’s unilateral approach to the practices of former US President Donald Trump, “but without tweets.”
Although Biden offered no apologies for engaging in secret negotiations to sell nuclear submarines to Australia, he acknowledged that the crisis could have been avoided through “open consultations among allies”.
Since then, US officials have been seeking to restore water to France, and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Paris earlier this month and held a bilateral meeting with Macron.
Regarding the call, which took place in September, Macron said that he sensed a great pledge by Biden to respect the efforts led by France to strengthen European defense and its self-sufficiency in this regard.
And the White House announced, Friday, that US Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Paris on November 11 and 12 and will meet the French President.
The US presidency stated that Harris and Macron “will discuss the importance of the transatlantic relationship for peace and security in the world and will stress the importance of our partnership in addressing the challenges facing the planet such as Covid-19 and the climate crisis, through issues of the coast and the Indo-Pacific region.”
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