In France until Saturday, the Vice-President of the United States hopes to complete reconciliation after a severe brush between Paris and Washington about a contract of Australian submarines.
Le Monde with AFP
The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, flew away Monday, November 8 in the evening for Paris, where it will spend five days, hoping to complement reconciliation after a severe brush between Paris and Washington about A contract of Australian submarines.
The consequent duration of the visit, scheduled until November 13, highlights the will of the White House to finally turn the page after the announcement of a new alliance of defense around the United States in the Pacific , who saw them blowing a huge contract of Australian submarines initially promised to France.
Before Kamala Harris, US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and the White House Counselor for National Security, Jake Sullivan, went to Paris to appease relationships. President Joe Biden also met with his counterpart Emmanuel Macron ten days ago at the French Embassy in Rome.
Strengthening cooperation in the space field
The Vice-Chair will be received on Wednesday by the French President at the Elysée Palace, in particular to discuss the “European Security, Indo-Pacific, World Health”, according to the White House.
A strengthening of cooperation between France and the United States in the space field should also be on the menu of the visit, according to a common statement published on the occasion of the meeting between Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron.
The vice-president, first woman to occupy this position in the history of the United States, will go on the same day with her husband, Doug Emhoff, at the American military cemetery of Suresnes, near Paris.
On November 11, “Veterans’ Day” in the United States, Kamala Harris will participate in the commemoration ceremonies of the 1918 Armistice ending the First World War. It will take part on the same day at the Paris forum on Peace, organized by Emmanuel Macron.
Other scheduled steps: a passage Tuesday to the Institut Pasteur and Friday, a participation in the International Conference on Libya. This great international rendezvous is supposed to prepare the presidential election of December 24, which should be followed a later month of parliamentary elections. These polls are supposed to end a decade of chaos in the country after the fall in 2011 of the Muammar Gaddafi regime.