US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French Ambassador to the United States Philippe Etienne met and discussed the way forward in bilateral relations, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday.
"Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with French Ambassador to the United States Philippe Etienne in Washington, DC today," Price said in a statement. "Secretary Blinken and Ambassador Etienne noted the productive phone call between President Biden and French President Macron on September 22 and discussed the way forward in the US-French bilateral relationship," he added.
The two officials also discussed Blinken's trip to Paris next week to participate in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Council Meeting and ways to enhance US-French cooperation globally, Price said.
