US' Biden and France's Macron after talks pledge to close ranks in helping Ukraine and pressuring Russia's Putin to make peace
The state visit symbolised how Washington and Paris have buried last year's bitter spat over the way Australia pulled out of a French submarine deal in favour of acquiring US nuclear subs instead.
Following lengthy Oval Office talks on Thursday, they also signalled they'd calmed the waters on a burgeoning US-EU trade dispute. It was Biden's strongest suggestion so far that he would be prepared to sit down with Putin, but Macron said they both agreed "we will never urge the Ukrainians to make a compromise that will not be acceptable for them."'Vive la France!'
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