Emmanuel Macron and his
wife Brigitte landed in the United States on Monday for the French President's
first official visit to the country.
They were met by a
motorcade at Joint Base St Andrew's military airport in Maryland near the
capital Washington DC.
Watch as US President
Donald Trump greets Macron and his wife Brigitte upon their arrival to the
White House.
The three day visit's main
topic of discussion is likely to be the Iran nuclear deal whith his counterpart
Trump set to announce whether or not the U.S. will pull out of the agreement in
coming weeks.
The deal to halt Tehran's
nuclear weapons programme, formally know as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of
Action (JCPOA), was signed in October 2015 by Iran, the EU, and the five
permanent members of the UN Security Council.
Though Trump and Macron
have enjoyed a good relationship so far tensions are expected.
While Trump promised to rip
up the Iran agreement on his 2016 campaign trail Macron stressed earlier this
week that "there is no Plan B" for the deal and that he will try to
convince Trump to stay in it.
German Chancellor Angela
Merkel is expected to take a similar line her own state visit to the U.S. later
this week.
http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/23/french-president-emmanuel-macron-kicks-of-u-s-state-visit
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