(8 Jun 2024)
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Paris, France - 8 June 2024
1. French President Emmanuel Macron arriving at Élysée Palace
2. Wide of guests at state dinner lining up to enter palace
3. Push in on musician Pharrell Williams
4. Former US Secretary of State John Kerry lining up to enter
5. Actor Salma Hayek arriving
6. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni Sarkozy entering palace
7. Macron and his wife Brigitte waiting on steps of Élysée Palace
8. Various of US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden arriving, being greeted by Macrons, posing for photographers and entering palace
STORYLINE:
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill to the Élysée Palace on Saturday evening for a state dinner.
Earlier in the day, Biden said France was America's “first friend” at its founding and is one of its closest allies more than two centuries later.
The state visit is aimed at showing off the US and France's partnership on global security issues and easing past trade tensions.
The day began with a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, including a wreath-laying at France's tomb of the unknown soldier, and a military parade along the Champs-Élysées leading to the Elysée Palace, where the two held official meetings and delivered public statements.
Biden and Macron put the war in Ukraine at the top of Saturday’s agenda, but it was the strength of the countries' long alliance, fortified at Normandy 80 years ago but with roots far deeper, that was the centerpiece of the weekend.
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