Blinken meets Macron in Paris as Biden administration moves to repair damage caused to relations by France's exclusion from AUKUS security alliance
French officials called it a stab in the back by allies and expressed disappointment that it had happened after Biden had proclaimed “America is back” and pledged to restore and value trans-Atlantic relations that had soured during the Trump administration.
Blinken is in the French capital for a two-day international economic conference that has been overshadowed by the AUKUS controversy that erupted on September 15 with the announcement of the project. Blinken, a fluent French speaker who grew up and went to high school in Paris, has expressed disappointment that the France has reacted so harshly to AUKUS.
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