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The G20 summit is taking place this weekend. Joe Biden will meet Emmanuel Macron for the first time since the Australian submarine crisis.
This will be the first physical meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden. Since the start of the submarine crisis with Australia, the two heads of state had only spoken by phone. This crisis was caused by the abandonment of a giant purchase contract for French submarines by Canberra, in favor of American submarines. The two presidents will discuss defense issues.
The French president wants to get the Americans to support the creation of a real European defense. It is a project that is close to the heart of Emmanuel Macron. The French president also wants to obtain the renewed support of Joe Biden in the fight against jihadists in the Sahel. But it is above all a matter of showing that the relationship of trust is established between the two allies. It is a sign, an attention, on behalf of Joe Biden to smooth things over, explains the journalist of France Televisions, Thomas Donzel.
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