French President Emmanuel Macron and US leader Donald Trump are holding a joint press conference in Paris, APA reports quoting Sputnik.
Macron said that he and Trump agreed to promote free and fair trade. The issue has become very acute amid fears in Europe related to Trump's protectionist economic policies.
He also spoke about the US' withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, which is highly promoted by the French leadership. Prior to Trump's decision on the US exit from the Paris deal, Macron held several talks with him on the issue and strongly criticized the US president's move later. On Thursday, Macron said that "we have disagreements on climate, but I respect the decision of the US president," adding that Trump fulfils his campaign promises.
The French leader also said that he and Trump agreed to jointly counter propaganda and cybercrime.
Macron also said that a joint French-US contact group on Syria and Iraq will be created.
In his turn, Trump said that despite existing disagreements, "our alliance is unbreakable."
He also said they discussed how to strengthen US-France security partnership.
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