The crisis in Ukraine and relations with Russia ahead of its summit NATOwhich will take place in July at Washingtonthe Middle Eastern and the issues of the international economy, in view of its summit G7 which will take place in June in Italy, will be at the center of the consultations that French President Emmanuel Macron and American President Joe Biden are having today in Paris.

The French president will welcome the US president at the monument to the ‘Unknown Soldier’ ​​at the Arc de Triomphe. They will then cross the Champs Elysees and arrive at the Presidential Palace, where they will have a working lunch. A meeting of the two presidents with French and American businessmen will follow and the visit will conclude in the evening with dinner at the Presidential Palace.

French diplomatic sources said that with regard to the Ukrainian issue, the two leaders will discuss ways to further strengthen Ukraine in its war with Moscow, in the light of the discussions they had yesterday with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Regarding the Middle East, the French president is expected to repeat his support for the American plan, while in terms of economic issues, they will focus on the issue of synchronizing economic policies between the two sides of the Atlantic as well as on the issue of relations with China .

The US green industry subsidy law and the competition problems it creates for European businesses will once again be at the center of the consultations. Matters related to the cooperation of the two countries in the fields of research and technology will also be discussed, mainly in relation to nuclear energy and tackling climate change.

The US president’s five-day visit to France will end tomorrow when he will visit the cemetery of American soldiers who died during the Allied landings in Normandy in June 1944.