Emmanuel Macron and his American counterpart Joe Biden have scheduled a new telephone interview on Friday, October 22 at 6 p.m., as the two countries have begun to relax after the subsea contract crisis, AFP learned from the Elysee Palace. .
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This call precedes a meeting between the two leaders which should take place at the G20 in Rome at the end of October, followed by the visit to Paris of the American vice-president Kamala Harris.
She will attend the Peace Forum on November 11 and could meet the French president on this occasion, according to diplomatic sources.
This new call will be part of a warming phase between Paris and Washington after the crisis caused by the announcement on September 15 of a new alliance between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
This partnership, called AUKUS, aroused rare anger from France because it torpedoed a mega-contract for French submarines with the Australians.
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A phone call from Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron, a week later, had made it possible to initiate a relaxation.
The tenant of the White House had then publicly made amends on the method.
And the two heads of state had launched a "
process of in-depth consultations
" to restore a hard-tested trust between Paris and Washington.