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INTERNATIONAL – “The start of a new era.” Two months after the submarine crisis and the maneuver of the trio Australia, United Kingdom, United States, Emmanuel Macron and American Vice-President Kamala Harris wished to display, Wednesday, November 10, a newfound serenity and insist on the beginning of a new romance between France and America of a Joe Biden yet very strongly criticized at the time of the facts.

“We agree that we are at the start of a new era and that our cooperation is absolutely crucial”, declared the French president by starting a “substantial interview”, according to the Élysée, of 1:30 with Kamala harris, arrived in Paris on Tuesday 9 November for a five-day visit.

She will notably attend the ceremonies of November 11, the Paris Peace Forum and a Conference on Libya. His visit should make it possible to complete the reconciliation between the two countries initiated by the meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden on the sidelines of the G20 in Rome on October 29.

Our alliance with France is our oldest – and among our strongest. Today, I met with President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the shared future of our nations. pic.twitter.com/XZozGgEB9S

– Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) November 10, 2021

“We had a fruitful meeting in Rome a few days ago with President Biden who showed the way for the weeks, months and years to come,” added Emmanuel Macron, at the start of this interview, carried out in particular in the presence of the minister. Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian and the Minister for Gender Equality Elisabeth Moreno. “The French are very proud to have you” here, he said.

“Work together”

“I think, and we share this vision, that we are at the beginning of a new era rich in challenges but also in opportunities”, replied the American vice-president.

“When France and the United States have worked together in the past, it has always been very successful, thanks to our common values ​​and priorities,” she added, indicating that the two countries “have a common desire to be leaders on the globe to assist other nations in these tragic times ”of pandemic of covid-19. “Building on your important discussion with President Biden, I am delighted that we will, in the days to come, continue to work together” and “renew the attention given to our partnership”.

The Élysée indicated that they had decided “to launch a bilateral dialogue in the space field” and that Emmanuel Macron had “welcomed the decision of the United States to join the Space Climate Observatory.

Since her arrival on Tuesday, Kamala Harris in particular visited the Institut Pasteur where she met American and French researchers working on the Covid.

In mid-September, the United States and Australia had inflicted a real snub on Paris by sealing a defense alliance in the Pacific, Washington blowing a huge submarine contract initially promised to France. Before Kamala Harris, the American Secretary of State Antony Blinken then the White House adviser for national security Jake Sullivan had succeeded in Paris to appease the anger of France, before the Biden-Macron meeting in Rome there is ten days.

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