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Added on the 15/05/2021 03:47:06 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Politicians and leaders from member and non-member partner states take part in a roundtable meeting at a NATO summit in Madrid dominated by the war in Ukraine which has forced the US-led defence alliance into the biggest overhaul of its defences since the end of the Cold War. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris to commemorate the Victory of 8 May 1945 -- the date of the German surrender in WWII. IMAGES
French president Emmanuel Macron arrives at the statue of General de Gaulle at Place Clémenceau to attend the wreath-laying ceremony and greets members of General de Gaulle's family on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the Victory of 8 May, 1945. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, accompanied by their wives Brigitte Macron and Peng Liyuan, are greeted by folk dancers as they arrive at the high-altitude restaurant "L'Etape du Berger" on the Col du Tourmalet in the Pyrenees mountains, where they are due to have lunch. IMAGES
On the second day of the Chinese leader's state visit, Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan are greeted by Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron as they disembark from the plane on the tarmac at Tarbes airport in the Pyrenees, one of the French president's favourite childhood haunts. IMAGES