Submarine crisis: Anthony Blinken received in Paris to “restore confidence” with Washington

Published on : 05/10/2021 – 14:27

Explanations at the top. The head of American diplomacy, Anthony Blinken, was received Tuesday, October 5 by French President Emmanuel Macron in order to “help restore confidence between France and the United States” after the submarine crisis, the Elysee said.

The Secretary of State, on the agenda of which only an interview with Emmanuel Bonne, the diplomatic adviser to Mr. Macron, “was then received for a long time face to face by the President of the Republic”, specifies the Élysée in a press release, stressing that Paris and Washington “are continuing their coordination work on issues of common interest, whether it be EU-NATO cooperation, the Sahel, or the Indo-Pacific area”.

With AFP