French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Donald Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Paris on Saturday, holding an impromptu meeting at the Elysee Palace ahead of the opening ceremony of the Notre Dame Cathedral, APA reports quoting Euronews.
It is Trump’s first foreign visit since being elected President of the United States, and came as Macron and other European leaders are trying to win Trump’s favour and persuade him to maintain support for Ukraine in its defence against Russia’s invasion. Macron's office said that would be discussed as well as the wars in the Middle East.
As Trump arrived at the official residence of the French president, Macron went out of his way to project an image of close ties, posing for multiple handshakes interspersed with plenty of back-patting. Trump said it was “a great honour” and talked about the “great relationship” they have had. A grand red carpet was rolled in the same way the French welcome sitting American presidents.
Before they went inside, Trump said, “It certainly seems like the world is, going a little crazy right now. And we’ll be talking about that.”
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