WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will receive his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for a state visit on December 1, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre announced on Monday.
“We cooperate closely with France on many issues relating to global challenges, including the war in Ukraine,” she explained, adding that Joe Biden considered Emmanuel Macron a “close and esteemed ally”.
(Jeff Mason report; French version Camille Raynaud, told by Tangi Salan)