Description
Added on the 10/11/2021 16:51:21 - Copyright : France 24 EN
US Vice President Kamala Harris touched down in Paris on Tuesday on a mission to further mend relations with France after a crisis sparked by a cancelled submarines contract. During her four-day visit -- her third overseas trip in office -- Harris will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and attend a peace forum with other world leaders.
Autonomist President of the Corsican executive council, Gilles Simeoni, meets French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin in Ajaccio, who is hoping to restore calm to the island and offering the prospect of autonomy. IMAGES
This was their first meeting at the Elysee presidential palace since the AUKUS incident, after weeks-long efforts by Washington to mend relations with France, America's oldest ally.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris lands at Orly Airport near Paris for a five-day visit to further mend relations with France after a crisis brought on by a cancelled submarines contract. IMAGES
Joe Biden has been sworn in today as the 46th President of the United States, as has Kamala Harris become Vice-President, taking the reins of a country divided after four years of Donald Trump. Biden is expected to take a different approach to Donald Trump from day 1, after a scaled-down inauguration ceremony, as FRANCE 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani reports from Washington.
Thousands of traumatised Syrians leave the rebel enclave of Aleppo as the UN Security Council votes to deploy observers to the battered city to monitor the evacuations.