French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Joe Biden appeared intent on reconciling seven days after the crisis over submarines and the AUKUS strategic agreement between the US, Britain and Australia.
The two presidents agreed that "open negotiations" between allies would have helped avoid problems with the supply of US-built nuclear submarines to Australia.
Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron have agreed to launch a series of "better consultations" to establish conditions that "will guarantee confidence", according to the French presidency. The French ambassador recalled by Macron will return to Washington next week. Biden admitted, according to the Elysee, that if France had been consulted before the announcement of the tripartite defense cooperation agreement with Australia and Britain, the diplomatic crisis would have been avoided.
In a telephone conversation, the two leaders agreed to meet in Europe next month. Biden will take part in the G20 in Rome on October 30-31 and then at the COP-26 in Glasgow in early November.
