United States: Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be in Paris next week

Published on : 10/01/2021 – 14:36

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Paris next week to meet with French leaders, the State Department said on Friday 1^er October, after the diplomatic crisis caused by Australia’s cancellation of a major contract for French submarines.

He will be in Paris from Monday to Wednesday for a meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and “will also meet with his French counterparts in order to continue discussions on strengthening the vital relationship between the States- United and France on a series of issues, “including” security in the Indo-Pacific region, “said US diplomacy spokesman Ned Price.

With AFP