US Secretary of State Tony Blinken arrives in France on a mission to repair ties after a rift over a security pact with the UK and Australia
Secretary of State Tony Blinken launches a delicate repair mission with France Monday, the first senior US official to visit Paris since the announcement of a US-led security pact blindsided Paris, costing it billions in lost defense sales and rupturing diplomatic ties with Washington.
The US has been scrambling to remedy the breach with France since the"AUKUS" security pact with the UK and Australia was unveiled in mid-September, leading Paris to recall its ambassador, denounce the Biden administration's action as"brutal" and -- despite President Joe Biden's pledge to prioritize close coordination with allies -- decry its treatment of allies as no less callous than the Trump administration's.
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