China's Xi visits Pyrenees mountains, in a personal gesture by France's Macron
Time:2024-05-07 23:57:34 Source:worldViews(143)
TOURMALET PASS, France (AP) — France’s president is hosting China’s leader at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees on Tuesday for private meetings after a high-stakes state visit in Paris dominated by trade disputes and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron made a point of inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Tourmalet Pass near the Spanish border, where Macron spent time as a child visiting his grandmother. It is meant to be a reciprocal gesture after Xi took Macron last year to the residence of the governor of Guangdong province, where the Chinese president’s father once lived.
Snow coated nearby slopes after new snowfall overnight, and security was tightened around the area. The winding roads up to the pass were blocked by authorities Tuesday for dozens of kilometers (miles).
The mountain meetings come after a grandiose state visit by Xi on Monday that included a ceremonial welcome at the monument housing Napoleon’s tomb and a state dinner at the Elysee Palace with celebrities and magnates.
Xi is on a trip to Europe aimed at reinvigorating relations at a time of global tensions. He heads next to Serbia and Hungary.
Previous:Michael Massey, Maikel Garcia key a 7th
Next:Rihanna goes 'nude' as she models a lacy body suit in a video promoting her new lingerie collection
You may also like
- Putin is starting his 5th term as president, more in control of Russia than ever
- Event: Asia’s budding filmmakers prepare for Shorties Film Festival 2020
- Hong Kong protest: Government uses social distancing to block demonstrators
- Hunter jailed for Kinleith crash that killed his brother, injured friend
- Two suspects arrested in fatal shooting on Delaware college campus are not students, police say
- Wellington youth public transport fares to rise after government cuts funding
- US Assessing Expansion of Chip Export Controls Impacting China's Military
- PM Christopher Luxon's tobacco 'talking points' contradicted official advice
- Los Angeles hotel famous for Pretty Woman goes Back To The Future