Secretary Kerry Visits France—America’s Oldest Ally

About the Author: Christopher Palmer serves as Deputy Spokesperson at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, France.

Secretary of State John Kerry’s airplane touched down at Le Bourget airport on the evening of March 26. The morning of March 27, Secretary Kerry and his French counterpart Laurent Fabius met for 90 minutes over breakfast at the French Foreign Ministry. Secretary Kerry and Minister Fabius had plenty to discuss: Mali, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, the Middle East Peace Process. The exchange was what professional diplomats call a “working meeting” – a focused, in-depth, and candid discussion. 

Following his meeting at the Foreign Ministry, Secretary Kerry traveled to the other side of the Seine, where he met at Ambassador Rivkin’s residence with a group of prominent French business leaders from many different sectors of the economy. Our nations share the common goal of global economic prosperity and our bilateral trade relationship alone has already created hundreds of thousands… more »

(Source: blogs.state.gov)