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Added on the 02/06/2017 17:04:00 - Copyright : NouvelObs Montage
A Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft carrying French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy landed on the Kazakh steppe Friday, ending their marathon 196-day mission to the International Space Station. French President Emmanuel Macron watched the capsule landing live. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris to commemorate the Victory of 8 May 1945 -- the date of the German surrender in WWII. IMAGES
French president Emmanuel Macron arrives at the statue of General de Gaulle at Place Clémenceau to attend the wreath-laying ceremony and greets members of General de Gaulle's family on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the Victory of 8 May, 1945. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, accompanied by their wives Brigitte Macron and Peng Liyuan, are greeted by folk dancers as they arrive at the high-altitude restaurant "L'Etape du Berger" on the Col du Tourmalet in the Pyrenees mountains, where they are due to have lunch. IMAGES
On the second day of the Chinese leader's state visit, Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan are greeted by Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron as they disembark from the plane on the tarmac at Tarbes airport in the Pyrenees, one of the French president's favourite childhood haunts. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping toast during a state dinner at the Elysee Palace, given to mark the Chinese leader's visit to France. IMAGES