Biden Will See Macron After Submarine Spat; Kerry Heads to Paris
- U.S. and French presidents hold phone call to mend ties
- French ambassador will return to Washington next week
Joe Biden walks with Emmanuel Macron on the first day of the Group of Seven leaders summit in Carbis Bay, U.K. on June 11.
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President Joe Biden plans to meet in person with French President Emmanuel Macron in October, seeking to mend ties after a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine deal with Australia that outraged officials in Paris.
Biden had a phone conversation with the French president on Wednesday, the first time the two leaders had spoken since the submarine deal was announced last week. In a joint statement, the two countries said Biden and Macron “agreed that the situation would have benefited from open consultations among allies on matters of strategic interest to France and our European partners.”