Macron welcomes Biden at Arc de Triomphe at start of state visit

June 08, 2024 / 5:14 PM

US President Joe Biden, flanked by US First Lady Jill Biden being welcomed by France's President Emmanuel Macron and French president's wife Brigitte ...

Sharjah 24 – AFP: French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Joe Biden at Paris' Arc de Triomphe at the start of the US leader's state visit to France on Saturday.

The two presidents were due to walk down the Champs-Elysees. Biden has been in France since Wednesday and took part in commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that changed the course of the Second World War.