The United States recognizes that reconciliation with France, after the submarine crisis,
"will take time"
and will require
"action"
on the part of Washington, declared Thursday (September 23) the head of the American diplomacy Antony Blinken .
"We recognize that this will take time and a lot of work, and will result not only in statements, but also in deeds,"
he said at a press conference on the sidelines of the Annual General Meeting of the United Nations in New York.
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Referring to
"cooperation and coordination"
, which Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron pledged to deepen during their telephone interview on Wednesday, Antony Blinken said the two allied countries could
"do more"
and
"do better"
.
He underlined at length the importance of France, especially in the Indo-Pacific region where Washington announced in mid-September an alliance with Australia and the United Kingdom which was at the origin of the crisis.
The US Secretary of State had a tête-à-tête Thursday morning in New York with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
“He and I have been friends for a long time,”
he said of
“Jean-Yves”
,
“I have great, great esteem for him”
.
