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President Joe Biden spoke by phone Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron, as the U.S. tries to improve sinking relations with America's first ally over a submarine deal with the U.K. and Australia.
Biden confirmed he would be meeting with Macron during next week's G20 summit in Rome and talked to the French leader about Vice President Kamala Harris' forthcoming trip to Paris, which was announced Friday, along with the White House's readout of the call.
Harris will go to the French capital with her husband Douglas Emhoff and meet with Macron, as well as mark Veterans Day in the U.S. and Armistice Day in France by paying a visit to the Suresnes American Cemetery, located on the outskirts of Paris.
President Joe Biden (left) is expected to speak by phone with French President Emmanuel Macron (right) on Friday, as Biden tries to patch up the U.S.-French relationship, after the French were blindsided by a security pact announcement between the U.S., U.K. and Australia
'They will discuss the importance of the transatlantic relationship to global peace and security and underscore the importance of our partnership on global challenges from COVID-19 and the climate crisis to issues affecting the Sahel and the Indo-Pacific,' the vice president's
