Secretary of State for European Affairs at the French Foreign Ministry Clement Beaune has said that French President Emmanuel Macron intends to hold a phone conversation this week with Joseph Biden, who has already declared himself the winner of the US presidential election, reports UNN.
“They crossed paths several times in the past, but now they have to get to know each other again in their current positions. At the beginning of next week, they will have a phone conversation, it will mark the beginning of a long and lasting cooperation,” said Beaune.
According to the Secretary of State, the United States is an important ally of France and all of Europe, and expressed the hope that relations between the two countries will only continue to improve with Biden’s coming to power.
Commenting on the information that Macron was one of the first leaders in the European Union to congratulate the US presidential candidate Biden, the secretary of state explained that “it was a coordinated European reaction” and “countries welcomed this victory, expressing hope for an improvement in American-European relations.”
“We must admit that during the Trump presidency it was difficult, but we must maintain close ties in the field of security, trade and the fight against terrorism,” the Secretary of State stressed.
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