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program . Please take a seat if you

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have one .

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It's great to see you all today .

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President Macron and I have had a

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chance to spend some time together . We

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got to private dinner last night with

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our wives and we're just came to tell

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you that we're leaving . Um but

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we're we're it's wonderful to have him

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here . We've had a great conversations

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and always appreciate the opportunity

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to share ideas with you mr President .

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And I especially enjoyed our time that

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Jill and I and Brigitte had last night

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in our visit . First time I've gone to

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dinner and private dinner in Washington

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a long , long time . And uh that I had

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the protection of the french government

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with but all kidding aside France is

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one of our strongest partners and

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historically , but one of our strongest

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partners and the most capable allies .

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And uh and manual has also become a

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friend in addition to being president

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of that great country and we we share

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the same values and will remain the

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core common agenda that we address all

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challenges together . And occasionally

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we have some slight differences , but

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never in a fundamental way . So thus

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far , at least as long as I've been in

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Washington . And that's been more than

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a couple of years today . We reaffirm

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that France the United States together

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with all our allies , all our NATO

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allies and european union G seven stand

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as strong as ever against Russia's

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brutal war against Ukraine . We talked

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a lot about that in our bilateral media

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and we'll continue to strong support

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the people of Ukraine as they defend

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their homes and their families and

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their sovereignty and territorial

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integrity against Russian aggression ,

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which has been incredibly brutal . I

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knew Russia was , but I didn't

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anticipate them being as brutal as they

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have been and what they've been doing .

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Many of the reporters in this room have

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been there themselves and covered from

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there and they know what it's like

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today . We reaffirm that as I said , uh

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we're going to stand together against

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this brutality and we'll continue the

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strong support for the Ukrainian people

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as they defend their homes and their

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families and their nurseries , their

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hospitals , their sovereignty , their

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integrity and against Russian

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aggression . And I want to thank you Mr

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President for welcoming that the people

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of France have given to over 100,000

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Ukrainian refugees . It's a mark of who

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you are as a people . And uh fleeting

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fleeing Putin's just barbarism .

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Putin thinks that he can crush the will

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of all those oppose his imperial

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ambitions , but attacking civilian

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infrastructures in Ukraine , choking

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off energy to europe to drive up prices ,

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exacerbating food , food crisis .

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That's hurting very vulnerable people ,

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not just in Ukraine but around the

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world . And he's not going to succeed

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President Macron and I have resolved

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that we're going to continue working

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together to hold Russia accountable for

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their actions and to mitigate the

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global global impacts of Putin's war on

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the rest of the world . The United

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States is helping europe diversify away

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from Russian natural gas in the

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immediate term . And while accelerating

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our clean energy transitions and we're

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going to continue working in close

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partnership with europe as we move

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forward . I welcome the progress we've

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already made in many of these issues

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through the US EU task force on Energy

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security and today we also committed to

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deepening cooperation between France .

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The United States on civil nuclear

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energy through our bilateral clean

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energy partnership around the world

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France and the United States are

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working to strengthen stability and

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security . We share the vision , the

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same vision in the Indo pacific . We're

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looking for one in the pacific is free

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and open , prosperous and secure .

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We're going to continue to strengthen

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our cooperation to defend core

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international principles in the indo

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pacific including freedom of navigation

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and freedom of overflight . We're

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working together to support the Middle

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East that is more integrated , peaceful

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and prosperous . And we want to

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particularly thank President Macron for

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his efforts to help bring about the

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historic maritime boundaries agreement

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between Israel and Lebanon . We also

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stand with the people of Iran and then

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the french and the United States are

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working together and hold accountable

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those responsible for the human rights

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abuses to counter Iran's support for

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the Russia's war and to ensure that

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Iran does not does not emphasize does

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not ever acquire a nuclear weapon . And

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as we in the United States are looking

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forward to hosting the upcoming US

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african Leaders summit , President

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Macron and I understand Africa's

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influence and importance and he has

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much to add France , has much to add .

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We're also going to deepen our

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engagement listening to and working

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with our African partners to help

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strengthen the governance and security

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and economic opportunities across the

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continent and to tackle the global

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challenges of our time . Our

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partnership also extends to cooperating

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in outer space from coordinating

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defenses and are from coordinating

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defense of our space activities to

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strengthening scientific efforts to

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monitor earth's changing climate . And

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we're are we had a detailed discussion

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of the inflation reduction act . I know

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none of you curious about that , but we

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did talk about that a good deal . The

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United States and europe share the goal

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of making bold investments in clean

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energy to meet the challenges of the

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climate crisis and to build and to

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build the industries of the future

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including batteries and green hydrogen .

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We agreed to discuss practical steps to

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coordinate and align our approaches so

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that we can strengthen and secure the

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supply chains , manufacturing and

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innovation on both sides of the

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atlantic . We ask our teams to follow

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up on this part as ongoing US EU

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consultation continues to because we

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can work out some of the differences

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that exist . I'm confident France and

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the United States are also leading

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efforts to strengthen the global health

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and global health security . President

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Macron visits uh visit falls

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on the world AIDS day and I want to

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particularly highlight our joint effort

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to reach our goal of ending the AIDS

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epidemic by 2030 goal , we set the goal

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we're going to accomplish the goal

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we're sticking with And to do it , we

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have to all the tools we need . We just

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have to make finishing this fight a top

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priority for not just the two of us but

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for other nations as well . And that's

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why I'm proud to take the baton from

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you . President Macron and host the

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Global Fund 7th replenishment

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conference this year . Building on

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France's strong record of leadership .

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We raised $15.7 billion

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Global

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Fund and it's going to save millions ,

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literally millions of lives if I listed

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all the areas where cooperation between

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France and the United States was

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delivering , we're delivering

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meaningful progress . We'd be here

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until dinner time . But so let me just

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close by highlighting our long term

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investment to deepen the ties between

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our people , particularly the us French

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Fulbright program , which celebrates

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the 75th anniversary and has

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facilitated thousands of exchanges

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between our students or educators over

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the last decades . It's been critical

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to our relationship . It's a key part

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of ensuring that the future of this

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vital alliance remains strong and

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vibrant for generations to come . So

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manual , thank you again for all that

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our nations are doing together in

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cooperation . My administration has

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built our foreign policy around the

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strength of our alliances and France is

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the very heart of that commitment . So

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Marcy , my friend and I look forward to

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continue to work with you . And as I

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used to say in the body , I worked on a

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long time in the United States Senate

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floor is yours ?

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Merci Mr President Mr President .

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Thank you Mr President Mr . President .

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Thank you ever so much for these words

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that very much reflect the discussions

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we just had . But most importantly ,

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thank you very much for your warm

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welcome And indeed together with my

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wife appreciate we were very pleased to

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share this moment together with you and

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your spouse last night . And let me

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tell you how honored and moved . We are

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both my delegation myself to be

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here

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invited by you on the occasion of this

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first state visit by your

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administration and regarding this

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relationship . And we said it this

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morning and you just said it again ,

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this heritage is based on

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on live sacrifice on so

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much . And I would like to say that

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over centuries every time there was

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something vital at stake . We

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were there one for the other . Without

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any doubt , without any hesitation .

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And this is very much what should

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structure the rest of it . It is this

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spirit that is prevailing in the

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current circumstances since last

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february . And I did not repeat what

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President biden perfectly described .

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And dear joe indeed , you very much

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describe what we're doing together in

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Ukraine . We clearly condemned this war

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immediately . We let all the diplomatic

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actions to condemn this war . The war

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crimes committed by Russia on the

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Ukrainian soil . And we support both

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the Ukrainian army that is resisting

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the Ukrainian population resisting as

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well . And please allow me here to very

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much thank the United States of America

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for all the support provided

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because this war is impacting the

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european um soil even more directly .

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And you've chosen to invest so much to

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contribute to this joint effort in this

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context , our discussion this morning

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was an opportunity to confirm the

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initiatives we will be taking once

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again in the coming weeks and months to

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keep supporting to strengthen our

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support to the Ukrainian troops and to

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enable them to resist . We also agreed

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to continue to work together to support

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the Ukrainian people to help them

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resist because we can very well see

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today that the Russian war effort is

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very much targeting the civilian

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infrastructure , um Bringing even more

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violence to try and make the Ukrainian

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people desperate and make it impossible

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for them to survive this winter . This

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is the reason why we decided to

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organize on 13 December a conference to

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support Ukraine and very much would

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like to thank you for the close

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cooperation in preparing for that event

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and we're working in close cooperation

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to his President Zelensky based on his

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10 point plan that he

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proposed and also would like to take

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this opportunity to commend the efforts

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of President Zelensky to try and find a

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way a path to peace while

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leading these heroic resistance they've

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been organizing for 10 months . We

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always agreed help Ukraine resist never

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give up on anything in the U . N .

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Charter to prevent any risk of

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escalation in this conflict and make

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sure that when the time comes on the

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basis of conditions to be said by

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Ukrainians themselves help build peace

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and I believe your positions being so

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clear , it is something important to us

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because we're both working for

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sustainable peace . We also talked

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about the direct and indirect

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consequences of this war , including on

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food security and energy security for

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the entire planet and our joint

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initiatives within the G 20 the G seven

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very much go in that direction . And we

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also we call this morning um all of

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that all we're doing to try and help

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all countries to weather the

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consequences of the conflict on their

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economies this morning . We also had an

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excellent discussion on the I . R . A .

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And the recent pieces of legislation

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adopted by the american administration .

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And like President biden just said , we

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agreed to re synchronize our approaches

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or agendas in order to invest in

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critical emerging industries ,

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semiconductors , batteries , hydrogen

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everything that is absolutely decisive

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because as a matter of fact we share

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the same vision and the same will

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President biden wishes to create more

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industrial jobs in the long run for his

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country and to build a strong industry

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and secure your supplies and this is

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the metal approach as well . And this

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is the reason why we task our teams to

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continue this work in close cooperation

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coordination to find solutions on the

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topics were identified . And of course

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we will coordinate with all of the

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Europeans and and with you to have an

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agenda that will only bring more jobs

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industry jobs in the United States as

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well in europe and guarantee the

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strength and the resilience of our

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supply chains and to do that um with a

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strong integration this

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european work is also the one we want

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to deliver on all of the issues on our

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agenda and present . You just said it ,

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what we would like to do as well is

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work on a number of topics of the

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future . And yesterday we had some

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sessions working sessions and ministers

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and teams have been working as well so

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that we could approved an agenda of

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hope um and for the future , like I

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said this morning in the space industry

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research exploration with as well , um

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the industry of the future civil

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nuclear industry here again with some

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common research projects in particular

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on the most advanced

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um technique , because I believe , I

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can say on behalf of both of us that

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the civil nuclear industry is very much

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part of the energy mix in which we

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believe in that will not only bring

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jobs , but enables us as well to have a

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secure supply and to meet our climate

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objectives . Well to talk about the

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quantum um issues with the number of

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stakeholders innovation and here's well

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our delegations are here to illustrate

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the work that is taking place so that

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we can deliver on that common agenda .

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Lastly we also have all of our

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commitments on the major international

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challenges which are very much I would

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say feeding our relationship as well .

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And I can only

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tell you once again how pleased we were

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with your choices that very much match

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your history and your campaign

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commitments . The fact that you're back

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on major international challenges such

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as health and climate . It is really a

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new deal and we've been resisting for a

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number of years and now we're being

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able to re engage with you And on this

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day of World AIDS Day as well , we

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are very much um continuing to work

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to deliver by 2030 and I would like to

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say how much has been achieved by both

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our countries um which are major

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contributors to the global fund to deal

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with of course eradicate AIDS but also

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Malloy and the number of other diseases

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um for the benefit of the most fragile

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populations . And the same goes in our

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relationship when we're doing

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everything we can to deal with climate

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change and biodiversity . Of course we

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want more innovation . We want to

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promote solutions on climate change but

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we also very concretely acknowledged a

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number of initiatives in this respect

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on the occasion of the state visit . It

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is about finding a new financing means

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for the most fragile countries emerging

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countries to support them on both

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development and climate change and in

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this respect , you will be playing a

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key role in the summer to intend to

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organize next summer to build a new

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partnership between the North and the

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South . And this is very much along the

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line um the lines of providing more

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resources to the southern countries and

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as well reforming our main our main

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international financial institutions

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with the reform of the the World Bank

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and a number of international existing

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tools and regarding the biodiversity .

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We had this lunch yesterday with the

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relevant cookies and here again our

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willingness is to have an agenda which

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is extremely ambitious in particular .

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We will be working together to prepare

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for the one for its summit in Gabon

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in Africa at the end of the next

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semester . And this topic of course is

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very much at the heart of the ones who

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will be covering with the African

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countries coming to Washington in a few

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days . So here again , a strong

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convergence of views between us and

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lastly , we will continue to work

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together to fight terrorism and to act

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for peace . And of course my thoughts

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go to our soldiers who fell in

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Afghanistan in the Middle East in

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Africa over the past few years to fight

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for the security of these regions of

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the world and of all countries and here

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again , please allow me to say once

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again that we're committed within our

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international coalition in the Middle

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East um through our military action .

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And we will continue to do so because

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this fight is not over yet . And it is

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important to remind um all

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of our allies and partners that we need

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to continue to work to to fight

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terrorism in the Middle East and the

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Near East . And I would like to thank

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you for all your very valuable support .

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It was about a few years for the fight

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against terror , including in this a

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hill in Africa and that enable us to

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have some very concrete results

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including over the past few weeks and

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will continue to work together . I

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could carry on during the entire

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afternoon . We could talk about the

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specific the way in particular . We

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were organizing our presence in the

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indian ocean um to put things

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right , dear , joe you

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elegantly thank France for

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the role we played in the historical

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agreement between Israel and Lebanon .

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We did all that most um to finalize the

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record . But let me be honest , I think

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most of the work was yours .

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So I think it was

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the work of the utmost importance and

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Lebanon is so dear to us and they

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needed this accord um in the

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context of everything that is still on

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the agenda for in the coming weeks and

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months . Ladies and gentlemen are very

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much meant to thank President biden

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because what he said I again said as

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well , you're not just a leader with

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whom we share many values , many

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battles . You're someone with him with

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whom we are having some very frank and

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respectful discussions on any topic .

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And you also became a friend . And so

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thank you ever so much for this warm

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welcome and for the importance of being

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able to spend some time together now .

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So important for our joint future .

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Thank you . Well , thank you

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Manuel , I began to refer to him

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privately as my closer that that deal

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with Lebanon and Israel , we did

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negotiate but we needed a closer to get

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the job done and you did it and thank

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you very much . All right , we're gonna

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take we're each gonna call on uh two

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people , the total of two people total

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of four . All toll . And the first

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questioner is going to be from a F . P .

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Miss end .

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Got a question for you and and

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you first you now say that you're going

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to better coordinate especially your

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great economic policies . But yesterday

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said that the invitation production

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actually super aggressive quote for

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european companies that means that you

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are ready to grant exceptions functions

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of the allegations to your attention

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and um ,

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mr

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President will you leave Washington

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with the assurance

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that you

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will be able to deal with these massive

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inventions ?

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The journey's doesn't have a microphone .

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Do you think there's a risk of

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generating divisions ? I'll

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answer the last question . I didn't

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hear any of it . I didn't understand a

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word of it . So I'll answer it and

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we'll take care of it . No . Uh , look ,

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um , the United States makes no

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apology and I make no apologies since I

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wrote it for the legislation you're

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talking about . But there are occasions

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when you write a massive piece of

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legislation and that has almost $368

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billion dollars for the largest

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investment of climate change on all of

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all of history . And so there's

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obviously gonna be glitches in it and

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need to reconcile changes in it . For

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example , there's a provision in it

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that says that there is an exception

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for anyone has a free trade agreement

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with us . Well , that was added by a

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member of the United States Congress

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who acknowledges that he just meant

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allies . He didn't mean literally free

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trade agreement . So there's a lot we

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can work out . But the essence of it is

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we're going to make sure that the

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United States continues . And just as I

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hope europe will be able to continue

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not to have to rely on anybody else's

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supply chain . We are our own supply

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chain and we share that with Europe and

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all of our allies and they will in fact

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have the opportunity to do the same

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thing . So there's tweaks that we can

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make that can fundamentally make it

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easier for european countries to

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participate and or be on their own .

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But that is something that is a matter

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to be worked out . There is no

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fundamental that was never intended

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when I wrote the legislation , never

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intended to exclude folks who were

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cooperating with us . That was not the

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intention intention was to make sure we

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no longer in a position when there was

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a pandemic in Asia and china decided

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they're gonna no longer sell us

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computer chips . Uh , we invented the

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things . Um , you know , so anyway ,

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but my point is , we're back in

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business , europe is back in business

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and we're going to continue to create

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manufacturing jobs in America , but not

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at the expense of europe .

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What we've been , what we've been

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discussing with President biden . What

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as a matter of packages said , and

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that's what I talked about with the

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Cocos yesterday . That's simple . The ,

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the United States of America adopted a

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piece of legislation for their country

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for their industry , which with a

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common objective , called that we share

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creating jobs , creating opportunities

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for the middle class and succeeding in

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implementing a , the energy transition .

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The reality is that the consequences as

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we've seen in our discussions , um , it

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is certainly not the intention of the

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United States , but as a matter of fact

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project that we're growing being

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developed in europe , there's such a

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difference in , um , subsidies that

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these projects might come to an end .

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And a number of senators yesterday ,

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like I said , it was certainly not

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their intention so France and simply

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did not come to us for an exemption or

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another for for our economy , but

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simply to discuss the consequences of

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this legislation and um

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the the news , the circumstances

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mean that we have no alternative but to

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work together . So therefore I believe

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we need to re synchronize as I say ,

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find a new policy to clarify our goals

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and continue together . And the

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discussion we had this morning was

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extremely clear and I could feel the

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very same intent um , on behalf of the

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members of the Congress yesterday and

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the the wish of President biden is to

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rebuild a strong industry here and to

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have somehow to secure some technology

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solutions for the future France ,

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wishes exactly the same thing for

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itself . And we , we've been fighting

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day in day out to do the very same

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thing in our country and this enabled

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us to put an end to some 15 years , of

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of um industry loss in our country and

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to have new manufacturing jobs .

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And so we'll be working on that . And

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we decided to do that together with the

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other members of the european union and

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the european commission . So we will

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work on the technical elements to make

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sure that there is no domino effect on ,

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on ongoing projects in europe . We want

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to succeed together , not one against

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the other . It's been clear this is the

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outcome of our discussions this morning

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and this is exactly the philosophy that

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I share and it is the one that we need

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President William

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on behalf of RTL Radio in

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french president biden . We say there

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is no love , there's only , there's

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only proof of love . Do you feel that

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your , your french friend that will go

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home very much reassured and you feel

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you were able to reassure your european

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friends and to be more precise ,

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President Macron , do you have some

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specific deadlines or specific

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industries um , in relation to which

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you're hoping to have some adaptation

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of the economic policies of the United

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States ? Well , first of all , to be

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very clear , we have some work to do

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with the Europeans on semiconductors ,

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hydrogen batteries , our industry , we

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will continue to to , to move forward

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those Europeans . And we're not here

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simply really to ask for proof of love .

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We were here , we came to agree on a

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strategy and to clarify what was

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necessary to clarify and we did now we

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were conducting our own work and we

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can't ask the United States of America

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to to um adopting whatever rules

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would be necessary to deal with all

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issues in europe , but we need to have

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the same ambition and very much um

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synchronize and in addition we

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clarified things today and they are

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already a number of discussions

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frameworks and it is in the coming

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weeks and months that we will can deal

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with that and fairly quickly because

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these projects are ongoing . So for me ,

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there's some very clear um um

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strategy , we've had some very frank

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discussions and I believe accordingly

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that in the coming days the discussions

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will be having with the european

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commission . Um the clothes we will ,

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the discussions will have in close

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cooperation with our german partners

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and others will enable us to very much

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clarify all of this without any

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difficulty . So I'm I'm going home uh

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confident , but as well listen as to

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what remains to be done on the european

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side , which is a good thing . I'm

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confident .

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That's my answer .

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Okay , who's the next question ? I've

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got my list here .

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My turn to call on someone . Right ,

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okay , how about NPR Tamara , keith ,

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thank you . Mr President . Um I have a

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domestic question for you and and then

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Mr Macron , I have a president a

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question for you about Ukraine . But

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first president biden . Um do the

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freight rail workers deserve more than

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one day of paid sick leave ? Like

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millions of americans have . And if so ,

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why didn't you negotiate for that when

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you were helping to negotiate that

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contract that you now want Congress to

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impose ? I love you guys . I negotiated

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a contract . No one else could

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negotiate . The only thing that was

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left out was whether or not was a paid

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leave , you know , I've been trying to

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get paid leave , not just for rail

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workers for everybody , but that other

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team , they call the Republicans , they

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voted against it . They said we

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couldn't do it . We're one of the few

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nations of the world that don't have

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paid leave for workers . And so what

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we're doing is we can't afford to have .

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And by the way , in the meantime , they

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got a 43 , increase in salary , etc .

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Is a lot of good things that happened

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in that . And in fact , this shuts down

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over the question of 1 to 5 paid seven

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or nine , whatever the numbers and be

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negotiated and paid leave days is gonna

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immediately cost 750,000 jobs and cause

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a recession . And so what I made it

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really clear is that what was

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negotiated with so much better than

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anything they ever had , That it's

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worth . And they all signed onto it .

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By the way . There are only four unions

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that out of the 13 or 14 that didn't

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agree . So the majority of the time it

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was that I presented it , they asked me

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to do it . I presented it . They all

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signed on here is the story doesn't

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mean because we are going to pass this

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God willing , uh , by friday by the

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time by the weekend that we're ,

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I'm gonna back off a paid leave , I

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made it really clear , I'm going to

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continue to fight for paid leave for

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not only rail workers , but for all

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american workers . I I imagine it may

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surprise some of our european friends

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that there's no paid leave in the

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United States . America , one of the

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few major countries in the world don't

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have , It's about time . And so that's

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the context in which this all took

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place . And uh , and uh , you know ,

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and labor signed onto it as well . As

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you recall initially there were four

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unions out of the , I think 13 or 14

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that didn't like it . And but I think

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we're going to get it done , but not

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within this agreement not within this

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agreement . We're going to avoid the

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rail strike , keep the rails running ,

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keep things moving . And I'm gonna go

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back and we're gonna get paid leave ,

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not just for rail workers , but for all

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workers . Uh ,

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President Macron , um , uh , President

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Biden is asking Congress for $38

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billion dollars of additional funding

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for support for Ukraine . Uh , there's

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been some pushback from republicans in

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Congress saying that they cannot

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continue to write a blank check . So do

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you have confidence that the United

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States will be able to continue

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supporting Ukraine's defense in the way

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it has over the past year , in the

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months going forward . And did you talk

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to President biden about trying to urge

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Ukraine to negotiate to end this war .

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You know , especially with winter

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bearing down and the effects on energy

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prices . Look , I do thank President

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biden and his administration for the

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great commitment they have of Ukraine .

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Ukrainian people . And and let me just

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say that our two

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nations are made of

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values and history and what is at stake

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in Ukraine is not just very far from

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here in a small country somewhere in

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europe , but it's about our values

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and it's about our principles and it's

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about what we agreed together in the U .

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N . Charter protecting sovereignty

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in territorial integrity . And this is

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why I do believe that having the US

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strongly supporting the Ukrainians in

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that time is very important , not just

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for the Ukrainians , for the Europeans .

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We are . This is why we do thank you

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for the solid reason , but for the

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stability of our world today . Because

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if we consider that we can abandon the

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country and abandon the full respect of

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these principles , it means that there

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is no possible stability in this world .

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So I think it's extremely important to

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have you so much committed . So I'm

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confident because I think your people

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and and uh representative doing those

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and understand this objective , we will

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follow up our own support , we increase

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our military support , we increase our

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economic support . We we are increasing

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our humanitarian support and for the

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second question you raised , let me

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tell you that we will never urge

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Ukrainians to make a compromise which

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will not be acceptable for them because

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they are so brave and they defend

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precisely the lives our nation and our

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principles . And because it will never

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build a sustainable peace if we want a

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sustainable peace , we have to respect

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the Ukrainians to decide the moment and

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the conditions in which they will

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negotiate about their territory and

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their future .

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This will be the last question

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we

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we

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hear that you will be talking to

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President Putin anytime soon . But what

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is your approach ? Um and as the

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Ukrainian war seems to be the turning

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point , you feel realistic that

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President Zelensky is putting a

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condition to open negotiations and that

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is the return of Crimea to Ukraine .

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Look , there's one way for this war to

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end rational way Putin to pull out of

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Ukraine number one , it appears he's

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not gonna do that . He's paying a very

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heavy price for failing to do it . But

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he's inflicting incredible , incredible

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carnage on the civilian population of

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Ukraine , bombing , Nurseries ,

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hospitals , Children's homes , it's

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sick what he's doing . But the fact of

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the matter is I have no immediate plans

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to contact Mr Putin . Mr Putin

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is choose my words very carefully .

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I'm prepared to speak with Mr Putin .

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If in fact there is an interest in him

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deciding he's looking for a way to end

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the war . He hasn't done that yet . If

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that's the case in consultation with my

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french and my NATO friends , I'll be

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happy to sit down with Putin to see

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what he wants has in mind . He hasn't

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done that yet . In the meantime , I

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think it's absolutely critical what

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Emanuel said , we must support the

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Ukrainian people . The idea

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that Putin is ever going to defeat

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Ukraine is beyond comprehension .

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Imagine I'm trying to occupy that

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country in the next 25 , 10 , 20 years .

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If they could . If they could . He's

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miscalculated every single thing he

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initially calculated . He thought he'd

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be greeted with open arms by the

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Russian speaking . Portions of the

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Ukrainian population go back and read

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his speech when he invaded when I said

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they were going to invade and they did

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when we said they were go back and read

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the speech he made . He talked about

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him with needing to be another peter

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the Great he talked about the need for

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the people that Kiev was the mother

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lode of Russian identity in the

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beginning , etcetera , etcetera . He's

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just miscalculated across the board .

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And so the question is , what is his

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decision ? How does he get himself out

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of the circumstances in I'm prepared if

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he's willing to talk to find out what

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he's willing to do . But I'll only do

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it in consultation with my NATO allies .

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I'm not going to do it on my own .

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Thank you

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regarding your question and the

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preconditions of the conditions set by

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the Ukrainian president . I believe

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that what is important for all of us to

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look at is that as Ukraine is

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resisting suffering from war crimes

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attacks on their civilian

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infrastructure leading counter

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offensive President Zelensky

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presented a 10 . plan . So we

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believe very much need to continue to

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engage with him because there is a

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genuine willingness on behalf of

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Ukraine to discuss these matters

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and we acknowledge it and we commend it .

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And for a number of years I was in

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heart of monitoring the implementation

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of the Minks agreements and the latest

39:52.970 --> 39:54.914
the last meeting between President

39:54.914 --> 39:57.137
Zelensky and President Putin , the only

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one December 2019 at the time I was

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with a Chancellor Merkel and I can tell

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you that I saw a president who was

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sincere in his willingness to talk and

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to negotiate . And since he was elected

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until May , President Zelensky was

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very much willing to talk and negotiate .

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The one who wanted to go to the war to

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wage war with President Putin . And I

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could see it by myself , including when

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I visited Russia and Ukraine at the

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beginning of february . So it's only

40:30.640 --> 40:32.970
legitimate that President Zelensky set

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some conditions um to um

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talk , we need to work on what could be

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into a peace agreement , but it is for

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him to tell us when the time comes and

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what the choices of the Ukrainians are .

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So , once this has been said , indeed ,

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I will continue to talk to President

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Putin . And as a matter of fact , we

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talked about it this morning with

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President biden because we constantly

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as well try to prevent escalation and

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to get some very concrete results . So

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I will talk to him about security and

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safety of nuclear plants in um

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um the areas that are being

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uh claimed including

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support in particular and over the past

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few months we did some work on the

41:20.674 --> 41:23.290
Chernobyl nuclear plant and there's

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some outstanding work ongoing , which

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is very important by Mr Grossi and his

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agency , the E . A . So we will

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continue . Thank you so much .

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Ladies and gentlemen , distinguished

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guests , please remain in your seats

41:38.001 --> 41:40.001
until the official delegations have

41:40.001 --> 41:41.980
departed .

01:02:13.330 --> 01:02:15.386
Please take a seat if you have one .

01:02:20.880 --> 01:02:22.769
It's great to see you all today .

01:02:23.370 --> 01:02:25.430
President Macron and I have had a

01:02:25.440 --> 01:02:27.662
chance to spend some time together . We

01:02:27.662 --> 01:02:29.773
got to private dinner last night with

01:02:29.773 --> 01:02:32.430
our wives and we're just came to tell

01:02:32.430 --> 01:02:36.210
you that we're leaving . Um but

01:02:36.220 --> 01:02:38.220
we're we it's wonderful to have him

01:02:38.220 --> 01:02:40.400
here . We've had a great conversations

01:02:40.400 --> 01:02:42.511
and always appreciate the opportunity

01:02:42.511 --> 01:02:44.678
to share ideas with you mr . President

01:02:44.840 --> 01:02:47.007
and I especially enjoyed our time that

01:02:47.007 --> 01:02:49.400
Jill and I and Brigitte had last night

01:02:49.400 --> 01:02:51.640
in our visit . First time I've gone to

01:02:51.650 --> 01:02:53.872
dinner and private dinner in Washington

01:02:53.872 --> 01:02:56.170
a long , long time and uh that I had

01:02:56.170 --> 01:02:58.392
the protection of the french government

01:02:58.392 --> 01:03:02.390
with . But all kidding aside France is

01:03:02.390 --> 01:03:04.970
one of our strongest partners and

01:03:04.980 --> 01:03:07.380
historically but one of our strongest

01:03:07.380 --> 01:03:09.620
partners and the most capable allies

01:03:09.630 --> 01:03:13.260
And uh and manual has also become a

01:03:13.260 --> 01:03:15.371
friend in addition to being president

01:03:15.371 --> 01:03:18.440
of that great country and we we share

01:03:18.440 --> 01:03:21.960
the same values and will remain the

01:03:21.970 --> 01:03:25.660
core common agenda that we address all

01:03:25.660 --> 01:03:28.400
challenges together . And occasionally

01:03:28.400 --> 01:03:30.511
we have some slight differences , but

01:03:30.511 --> 01:03:32.567
never in a fundamental way . So thus

01:03:32.567 --> 01:03:34.733
far , at least as long as I've been in

01:03:34.733 --> 01:03:36.900
Washington and that's been more than a

01:03:36.900 --> 01:03:39.011
couple of years . Today . We reaffirm

01:03:39.011 --> 01:03:41.178
that France the United States together

01:03:41.178 --> 01:03:43.122
with all our allies , all our NATO

01:03:43.122 --> 01:03:46.140
allies and european union G seven stand

01:03:46.150 --> 01:03:48.940
as strong as ever against Russia's

01:03:48.940 --> 01:03:51.650
brutal war against Ukraine . We talked

01:03:51.650 --> 01:03:53.872
a lot about that in our bilateral media

01:03:54.530 --> 01:03:56.586
and we'll continue to strong support

01:03:56.586 --> 01:03:58.641
the people of Ukraine as they defend

01:03:58.641 --> 01:04:00.586
their homes and their families and

01:04:00.586 --> 01:04:02.474
their sovereignty and territorial

01:04:02.474 --> 01:04:04.641
integrity against Russian aggression ,

01:04:04.641 --> 01:04:06.910
which has been incredibly brutal . I

01:04:06.910 --> 01:04:08.690
knew Russia was , but I didn't

01:04:08.690 --> 01:04:10.912
anticipate them being as brutal as they

01:04:10.912 --> 01:04:13.134
have been and what they've been doing ,

01:04:13.134 --> 01:04:15.357
many of the reporters in this room have

01:04:15.357 --> 01:04:17.523
been there themselves and covered from

01:04:17.523 --> 01:04:19.468
there and they know what it's like

01:04:19.468 --> 01:04:21.690
today . We reaffirm that as I said , uh

01:04:21.690 --> 01:04:23.801
we're going to stand together against

01:04:23.801 --> 01:04:26.023
this brutality . And we'll continue the

01:04:26.023 --> 01:04:28.246
strong support for the Ukrainian people

01:04:28.246 --> 01:04:30.301
as they defend their homes and their

01:04:30.301 --> 01:04:32.357
families and their nurseries , their

01:04:32.357 --> 01:04:34.468
hospitals , their sovereignty , their

01:04:34.468 --> 01:04:36.134
integrity and against Russian

01:04:36.134 --> 01:04:38.357
aggression . And I want to thank you Mr

01:04:38.357 --> 01:04:41.570
President for welcoming that the people

01:04:41.570 --> 01:04:43.950
of France have given to over 100,000

01:04:43.950 --> 01:04:46.650
Ukrainian refugees . It's a mark of who

01:04:46.650 --> 01:04:50.270
you are as a people and uh fleeting

01:04:50.280 --> 01:04:53.640
fleeing Putin's just barbarism .

01:04:54.240 --> 01:04:57.210
Putin thinks that he can crush the will

01:04:57.220 --> 01:04:59.390
of all those oppose his imperial

01:04:59.390 --> 01:05:02.580
ambitions , but attacking civilian

01:05:02.580 --> 01:05:04.850
infrastructures in Ukraine , choking

01:05:04.850 --> 01:05:07.760
off energy to europe , to drive up

01:05:07.760 --> 01:05:09.927
prices , exacerbating food through the

01:05:09.927 --> 01:05:12.650
food crisis . That's hurting very

01:05:12.660 --> 01:05:14.882
vulnerable people , not just in Ukraine

01:05:14.882 --> 01:05:17.070
but around the world . And he's not

01:05:17.070 --> 01:05:19.630
going to succeed President Macron and I

01:05:19.630 --> 01:05:22.030
have resolved that we're going to

01:05:22.030 --> 01:05:23.919
continue working together to hold

01:05:23.919 --> 01:05:25.974
Russia accountable for their actions

01:05:25.974 --> 01:05:27.863
and to mitigate the global global

01:05:27.863 --> 01:05:29.974
impacts of Putin's war on the rest of

01:05:29.974 --> 01:05:32.200
the world . The United States is

01:05:32.200 --> 01:05:34.144
helping europe diversify away from

01:05:34.144 --> 01:05:36.200
Russian natural gas in the immediate

01:05:36.200 --> 01:05:38.460
term . And while accelerating our clean

01:05:38.460 --> 01:05:40.571
energy transitions and we're going to

01:05:40.571 --> 01:05:42.850
continue working in close partnership

01:05:42.860 --> 01:05:45.410
with europe as we move forward . I

01:05:45.410 --> 01:05:47.632
welcome the progress we've already made

01:05:47.632 --> 01:05:49.800
in many of these issues through the US

01:05:49.800 --> 01:05:52.810
EU Task force on Energy security and

01:05:52.810 --> 01:05:55.070
today we also committed to deepening

01:05:55.070 --> 01:05:57.292
cooperation between France . The United

01:05:57.292 --> 01:06:00.140
States on civil nuclear energy through

01:06:00.140 --> 01:06:02.480
our bilateral clean energy partnership

01:06:03.240 --> 01:06:05.407
around the world France and the United

01:06:05.407 --> 01:06:07.240
States are working to strengthen

01:06:07.240 --> 01:06:09.520
stability and security . We share the

01:06:09.520 --> 01:06:11.870
vision the same vision in the indo

01:06:11.870 --> 01:06:14.140
pacific that we're looking for one in

01:06:14.140 --> 01:06:16.020
the pacific is free and open ,

01:06:16.030 --> 01:06:18.530
prosperous and secure and we're going

01:06:18.530 --> 01:06:20.197
to continue to strengthen our

01:06:20.197 --> 01:06:21.697
cooperation to defend core

01:06:21.697 --> 01:06:23.970
international principles in the indo

01:06:23.970 --> 01:06:26.370
pacific including freedom of navigation

01:06:26.380 --> 01:06:28.800
and freedom of overflight . We're

01:06:28.800 --> 01:06:30.967
working together to support the Middle

01:06:30.967 --> 01:06:33.650
East that is more integrated , peaceful

01:06:33.660 --> 01:06:36.220
and prosperous . And we want to

01:06:36.220 --> 01:06:38.442
particularly thank President Macron for

01:06:38.442 --> 01:06:40.442
his efforts to help bring about the

01:06:40.442 --> 01:06:42.609
historic maritime boundaries agreement

01:06:42.609 --> 01:06:45.230
between Israel and Lebanon . We also

01:06:45.230 --> 01:06:47.900
stand with the people of Iran and then

01:06:47.900 --> 01:06:49.956
the french and the United States are

01:06:49.956 --> 01:06:52.067
working together and hold accountable

01:06:52.067 --> 01:06:54.233
those responsible for the human rights

01:06:54.233 --> 01:06:56.400
abuses , to counter Iran's support for

01:06:56.400 --> 01:06:58.400
the Russia's war and to ensure that

01:06:58.400 --> 01:07:01.160
Iran does not , does not emphasize does

01:07:01.160 --> 01:07:04.090
not ever acquire a nuclear weapon . And

01:07:04.090 --> 01:07:06.257
as we in the United States are looking

01:07:06.257 --> 01:07:08.570
forward to hosting the upcoming US

01:07:08.570 --> 01:07:10.660
African Leaders summit , President

01:07:10.660 --> 01:07:12.493
Macron and I understand Africa's

01:07:12.493 --> 01:07:14.650
influence and importance and he has

01:07:14.660 --> 01:07:17.140
much to add France has much to add .

01:07:17.150 --> 01:07:18.872
We're also going to deepen our

01:07:18.872 --> 01:07:20.872
engagement listening to and working

01:07:20.872 --> 01:07:22.594
with our African partners help

01:07:22.594 --> 01:07:24.761
strengthen the governance and security

01:07:24.761 --> 01:07:26.872
and economic opportunities across the

01:07:26.872 --> 01:07:28.817
continent and to tackle the global

01:07:28.817 --> 01:07:31.090
challenges of our time . Our

01:07:31.090 --> 01:07:33.650
partnership also extends to cooperating

01:07:33.660 --> 01:07:36.320
in outer space from coordinating

01:07:36.320 --> 01:07:39.270
defenses and are from coordinating

01:07:39.270 --> 01:07:42.130
defense of our space activities to

01:07:42.130 --> 01:07:44.270
strengthening scientific efforts to

01:07:44.270 --> 01:07:47.580
monitor earth's changing climate . And

01:07:47.580 --> 01:07:50.520
we're are we had a detailed discussion

01:07:50.520 --> 01:07:52.742
of the inflation reduction act . I know

01:07:52.742 --> 01:07:54.909
you're curious about that , but we did

01:07:54.909 --> 01:07:57.100
talk about that a good deal the United

01:07:57.100 --> 01:07:59.100
States and europe share the goal of

01:07:59.100 --> 01:08:01.490
making bold investments in clean energy

01:08:01.500 --> 01:08:03.611
to meet the challenges of the climate

01:08:03.611 --> 01:08:06.110
crisis and to build and to build the

01:08:06.110 --> 01:08:08.166
industries of the future , including

01:08:08.166 --> 01:08:10.130
batteries and green hydrogen . We

01:08:10.130 --> 01:08:12.186
agreed to discuss practical steps to

01:08:12.186 --> 01:08:14.352
coordinate and align our approaches so

01:08:14.352 --> 01:08:16.463
that we can strengthen and secure the

01:08:16.463 --> 01:08:18.352
supply chains , manufacturing and

01:08:18.352 --> 01:08:20.400
innovation on both sides of the

01:08:20.400 --> 01:08:23.040
atlantic . We ask our teams to follow

01:08:23.040 --> 01:08:26.810
up on this part as ongoing US EU

01:08:26.810 --> 01:08:28.900
consultation continues to because we

01:08:28.900 --> 01:08:30.956
can work out some of the differences

01:08:30.956 --> 01:08:33.140
that exist . I'm confident France and

01:08:33.140 --> 01:08:35.084
the United States are also leading

01:08:35.084 --> 01:08:37.307
efforts to strengthen the global health

01:08:37.307 --> 01:08:39.640
and global health Security . President

01:08:39.640 --> 01:08:43.450
Macron visits uh visit falls

01:08:43.450 --> 01:08:46.730
on the world AIDS Day and I want to

01:08:46.730 --> 01:08:48.952
particularly highlight our joint effort

01:08:48.952 --> 01:08:51.330
to reach our goal of ending the AIDS

01:08:51.330 --> 01:08:54.180
epidemic by 2030 . That is the goal .

01:08:54.180 --> 01:08:56.013
We set the goal . We're going to

01:08:56.013 --> 01:08:58.236
accomplish the goal we're sticking with

01:08:58.236 --> 01:09:01.380
And to do it , we have to all the tools

01:09:01.380 --> 01:09:03.270
we need . We just have to make

01:09:03.270 --> 01:09:05.800
finishing this fight a top priority for

01:09:05.800 --> 01:09:07.856
not just the two of us but for other

01:09:07.856 --> 01:09:09.911
nations as well . And that's why I'm

01:09:09.911 --> 01:09:11.980
proud to take the baton from you ,

01:09:11.990 --> 01:09:14.470
President Macron and host the Global

01:09:14.470 --> 01:09:16.920
Fund 7th replenishment conference this

01:09:16.920 --> 01:09:19.830
year . Building on France's strong

01:09:19.830 --> 01:09:23.630
record of leadership . We raised $15.7

01:09:23.630 --> 01:09:24.080
billion

01:09:24.080 --> 01:09:27.970
Global

01:09:27.970 --> 01:09:30.660
Fund and it's going to save millions

01:09:30.670 --> 01:09:33.980
literally millions of lives . If I

01:09:33.980 --> 01:09:36.200
listed all the areas where cooperation

01:09:36.200 --> 01:09:38.256
between France and the United States

01:09:38.256 --> 01:09:40.144
was delivering . We're delivering

01:09:40.144 --> 01:09:42.089
meaningful progress . We'd be here

01:09:42.089 --> 01:09:44.256
until dinner time . But so let me just

01:09:44.256 --> 01:09:46.670
close by highlighting our long term

01:09:46.670 --> 01:09:49.020
investment to deepen the ties between

01:09:49.020 --> 01:09:52.100
our people , particularly the us French

01:09:52.100 --> 01:09:54.660
Fulbright program which celebrates the

01:09:54.660 --> 01:09:58.280
75th anniversary and has facilitated

01:09:58.290 --> 01:10:00.234
thousands of exchanges between our

01:10:00.234 --> 01:10:02.860
students or educators over the last

01:10:02.860 --> 01:10:04.860
decades . It's been critical to our

01:10:04.860 --> 01:10:07.060
relationship . It's a key part of

01:10:07.060 --> 01:10:09.310
ensuring that the future of this vital

01:10:09.310 --> 01:10:12.640
alliance remains strong and vibrant for

01:10:12.650 --> 01:10:16.140
generations to come . So manual , Thank

01:10:16.140 --> 01:10:19.090
you again for all that our nations are

01:10:19.100 --> 01:10:21.670
doing together in cooperation . My

01:10:21.670 --> 01:10:23.726
administration has built our foreign

01:10:23.726 --> 01:10:25.614
policy around the strength of our

01:10:25.614 --> 01:10:27.781
alliances and France is the very heart

01:10:27.781 --> 01:10:30.520
of that commitment . So , Marcy , my

01:10:30.520 --> 01:10:32.930
friend and I look forward to continue

01:10:32.930 --> 01:10:35.710
to work with you . And as I used to say

01:10:35.710 --> 01:10:37.821
in the body , I worked on a long time

01:10:37.980 --> 01:10:40.050
in the United States Senate floor is

01:10:40.050 --> 01:10:43.970
yours , Merci

01:10:43.970 --> 01:10:47.120
Mr President Mr President .

01:10:47.130 --> 01:10:50.000
Thank you Mr President Mr President .

01:10:50.400 --> 01:10:53.940
Thank you ever so much for these words

01:10:53.940 --> 01:10:56.107
that very much reflect the discussions

01:10:56.107 --> 01:10:58.230
we just had . But most importantly ,

01:10:58.230 --> 01:11:00.119
thank you very much for your warm

01:11:00.119 --> 01:11:02.690
welcome and indeed together with my

01:11:02.700 --> 01:11:04.867
wife , appreciate we were very pleased

01:11:04.867 --> 01:11:07.570
to share this moment together with you

01:11:07.580 --> 01:11:11.330
and your spouse last night . And

01:11:11.340 --> 01:11:13.562
let me tell you how honored and moved .

01:11:13.562 --> 01:11:16.470
We are both my delegation myself to be

01:11:16.480 --> 01:11:18.400
here ,

01:11:19.750 --> 01:11:22.100
invited by you on the occasion of this

01:11:22.110 --> 01:11:23.780
first state visit by your

01:11:23.780 --> 01:11:26.340
administration and regarding this

01:11:26.340 --> 01:11:28.284
relationship . And we said it this

01:11:28.284 --> 01:11:30.340
morning and you just said it again ,

01:11:31.200 --> 01:11:34.510
this heritage is based on

01:11:34.520 --> 01:11:38.200
on live sacrifice on so

01:11:38.200 --> 01:11:40.200
much . And I would like to say that

01:11:40.310 --> 01:11:42.421
over centuries , every time there was

01:11:42.421 --> 01:11:46.070
something vital at stake . We

01:11:46.070 --> 01:11:49.620
were there one for the other without

01:11:49.630 --> 01:11:51.920
any doubt , without any hesitation .

01:11:52.010 --> 01:11:53.899
And this is very much what should

01:11:53.899 --> 01:11:56.450
structure the rest of it . It is this

01:11:56.460 --> 01:11:58.860
spirit that is prevailing in the

01:11:58.860 --> 01:12:02.810
current circumstances since last

01:12:02.810 --> 01:12:05.030
february . And I did not repeat what

01:12:05.030 --> 01:12:07.141
President biden perfectly described .

01:12:07.260 --> 01:12:10.530
And dear joe indeed , you very much

01:12:10.530 --> 01:12:12.697
described what we're doing together in

01:12:12.697 --> 01:12:14.980
Ukraine . We clearly condemned this war

01:12:14.980 --> 01:12:16.647
immediately . We lead all the

01:12:16.647 --> 01:12:19.440
diplomatic actions to condemn this war .

01:12:19.740 --> 01:12:23.290
The war crimes committed by Russia on

01:12:23.290 --> 01:12:26.450
the Ukrainian soil . And we support

01:12:26.790 --> 01:12:29.280
both the Ukrainian army that is

01:12:29.280 --> 01:12:32.580
resisting the Ukrainian population

01:12:32.590 --> 01:12:34.812
resisting as well . And please allow me

01:12:34.812 --> 01:12:37.870
here to very much thank the United

01:12:37.870 --> 01:12:41.830
States of America for all the support

01:12:41.830 --> 01:12:45.090
provided because this war is impacting

01:12:45.100 --> 01:12:48.800
the european um soil even more directly .

01:12:48.810 --> 01:12:51.410
And you've chosen to invest so much to

01:12:51.410 --> 01:12:54.030
contribute to this joint effort in this

01:12:54.030 --> 01:12:56.141
context . Our discussion this morning

01:12:56.141 --> 01:12:58.030
was an opportunity to confirm the

01:12:58.030 --> 01:13:01.190
initiatives we will um be taking once

01:13:01.190 --> 01:13:03.412
again in the coming weeks and months to

01:13:03.412 --> 01:13:05.301
keep supporting to strengthen our

01:13:05.301 --> 01:13:07.690
support to the Ukrainian troops and to

01:13:07.690 --> 01:13:09.857
enable them to resist . We also agreed

01:13:09.857 --> 01:13:12.079
to continue to work together to support

01:13:12.079 --> 01:13:14.960
the Ukrainian people to help them

01:13:14.960 --> 01:13:17.770
resist because we can very well see

01:13:17.770 --> 01:13:20.400
today that the Russian war effort is

01:13:20.400 --> 01:13:22.250
very much targeting the civilian

01:13:22.250 --> 01:13:25.850
infrastructure , um Bringing even more

01:13:25.850 --> 01:13:28.810
violence to try and make the Ukrainian

01:13:28.810 --> 01:13:32.700
people desperate and make it impossible

01:13:32.700 --> 01:13:34.867
for them to survive this winter . This

01:13:34.867 --> 01:13:36.644
is the reason why we decided to

01:13:36.644 --> 01:13:39.700
organize on 13 December a conference to

01:13:39.700 --> 01:13:41.700
support Ukraine and very much would

01:13:41.700 --> 01:13:43.478
like to thank you for the close

01:13:43.478 --> 01:13:45.811
cooperation in preparing for that event .

01:13:45.811 --> 01:13:47.978
And we're working in close cooperation

01:13:47.978 --> 01:13:50.144
to his President Zelensky based on his

01:13:50.144 --> 01:13:52.870
10-point plan that he

01:13:52.880 --> 01:13:55.530
proposed and also would like to take

01:13:55.530 --> 01:13:57.800
this opportunity to commend the efforts

01:13:57.800 --> 01:14:00.100
of President Zelensky to try and find a

01:14:00.100 --> 01:14:03.630
way a path to peace while

01:14:03.630 --> 01:14:06.140
leading these heroic resistance .

01:14:06.150 --> 01:14:09.320
They've been organizing for 10 months ,

01:14:09.330 --> 01:14:12.710
we always agreed help Ukraine resist .

01:14:12.720 --> 01:14:15.270
Never give up on anything in the U . N .

01:14:15.270 --> 01:14:17.090
Charter to prevent any risk of

01:14:17.090 --> 01:14:19.340
escalation in this conflict and make

01:14:19.340 --> 01:14:23.140
sure that when the time comes on the

01:14:23.140 --> 01:14:25.050
basis of conditions to be said by

01:14:25.050 --> 01:14:28.360
Ukrainians themselves help build peace

01:14:28.850 --> 01:14:32.170
and I believe your positions being so

01:14:32.170 --> 01:14:34.392
clear , it is something important to us

01:14:34.392 --> 01:14:36.920
because we're both working for

01:14:36.920 --> 01:14:39.670
sustainable peace . We also talked

01:14:39.670 --> 01:14:41.337
about the direct and indirect

01:14:41.337 --> 01:14:43.559
consequences of this war , including on

01:14:43.559 --> 01:14:45.670
food security and energy security for

01:14:45.670 --> 01:14:47.880
the entire planet and our joint

01:14:47.880 --> 01:14:50.530
initiatives within the G 20 the G seven

01:14:50.680 --> 01:14:53.450
very much go in that direction . And we

01:14:53.450 --> 01:14:57.230
also recall this morning um all of that

01:14:57.240 --> 01:15:01.030
all we're doing to try and help all

01:15:01.030 --> 01:15:03.450
countries to whether the consequences

01:15:03.450 --> 01:15:06.060
of the conflict on their economies this

01:15:06.060 --> 01:15:08.004
morning , we also had an excellent

01:15:08.004 --> 01:15:11.110
discussion on the R . A . And the

01:15:11.110 --> 01:15:13.660
recent pieces of legislation

01:15:14.090 --> 01:15:17.780
adopted by the american administration .

01:15:17.790 --> 01:15:19.930
And like President biden just said we

01:15:19.930 --> 01:15:22.510
agreed to re synchronize our approaches

01:15:22.510 --> 01:15:25.210
or agendas in order to invest in

01:15:25.220 --> 01:15:27.880
critical emerging industries ,

01:15:27.890 --> 01:15:30.390
semiconductors , batteries , hydrogen .

01:15:30.400 --> 01:15:32.350
Um everything that is absolutely

01:15:32.350 --> 01:15:34.630
decisive because as a matter of fact we

01:15:34.630 --> 01:15:36.852
share the same vision and the same will

01:15:38.180 --> 01:15:41.440
President biden wishes to create more

01:15:41.460 --> 01:15:44.350
industrial jobs in the long run for his

01:15:44.350 --> 01:15:47.520
country and to build a strong industry

01:15:47.520 --> 01:15:50.080
and secure your supplies . And this is

01:15:50.080 --> 01:15:52.302
very subtle approach as well . And this

01:15:52.302 --> 01:15:54.469
is the reason why we task our teams to

01:15:54.469 --> 01:15:57.160
continue this work in close cooperation

01:15:57.170 --> 01:16:00.730
coordination to find solutions on the

01:16:00.730 --> 01:16:03.490
topics we identified and of course we

01:16:03.490 --> 01:16:06.290
will coordinate with all of the

01:16:06.290 --> 01:16:08.540
Europeans and and with you to have an

01:16:08.540 --> 01:16:11.010
agenda that will only bring more jobs

01:16:11.020 --> 01:16:13.131
industry jobs in the United States as

01:16:13.131 --> 01:16:14.964
well in europe and guarantee the

01:16:14.964 --> 01:16:16.909
strength and the resilience of our

01:16:16.909 --> 01:16:20.500
supply chains and to do that um with a

01:16:20.500 --> 01:16:24.280
strong integration . This

01:16:24.290 --> 01:16:27.050
european work is also the one we want

01:16:27.050 --> 01:16:30.060
to deliver on all of the issues on our

01:16:30.060 --> 01:16:32.570
agenda and present , you just said it

01:16:32.580 --> 01:16:34.580
what we would like to do as well is

01:16:34.580 --> 01:16:36.469
work on a number of topics of the

01:16:36.469 --> 01:16:38.413
future . And yesterday we had some

01:16:38.413 --> 01:16:40.650
sessions working sessions and uh

01:16:40.660 --> 01:16:42.771
ministers and teams have been working

01:16:42.771 --> 01:16:45.520
as well so that we could approved an

01:16:45.520 --> 01:16:49.370
agenda of hope um and for the future .

01:16:49.590 --> 01:16:52.000
Like I said this morning in the space

01:16:52.000 --> 01:16:55.130
industry research exploration with as

01:16:55.130 --> 01:16:57.690
well . Um the industry of the future

01:16:57.700 --> 01:17:00.220
civil nuclear industry here again with

01:17:00.220 --> 01:17:02.790
some common research projects in

01:17:02.790 --> 01:17:05.580
particular on the most advanced

01:17:06.180 --> 01:17:09.960
um technique . Because I believe I can

01:17:09.960 --> 01:17:12.100
say on behalf of both of us that the

01:17:12.100 --> 01:17:15.050
civil nuclear industry is very much

01:17:15.060 --> 01:17:17.880
part of the energy mix in which we

01:17:17.880 --> 01:17:20.930
believe in that will not only bring

01:17:20.940 --> 01:17:24.000
jobs , but enables us as well to have a

01:17:24.010 --> 01:17:27.190
secure supply and to meet our climate

01:17:27.200 --> 01:17:29.590
objectives . Well to talk about the

01:17:29.600 --> 01:17:32.590
quantum um issues with the number of

01:17:32.590 --> 01:17:35.410
stakeholders innovation and here's what

01:17:35.410 --> 01:17:37.577
our delegations are here to illustrate

01:17:37.577 --> 01:17:39.920
the work that is taking place so that

01:17:39.920 --> 01:17:42.087
we can deliver on that common agenda .

01:17:42.420 --> 01:17:44.280
Lastly , we also have all of our

01:17:44.290 --> 01:17:46.780
commitments on the major international

01:17:46.790 --> 01:17:48.957
challenges which are very much I would

01:17:48.957 --> 01:17:51.123
say feeding our relationship as well .

01:17:51.123 --> 01:17:53.000
And I can only

01:17:54.890 --> 01:17:57.270
tell you once again how pleased we were

01:17:57.270 --> 01:17:59.437
with your choices that very much match

01:17:59.437 --> 01:18:01.159
your history and your campaign

01:18:01.159 --> 01:18:04.340
commitments . The fact that you're back

01:18:04.350 --> 01:18:06.517
on major international challenges such

01:18:06.517 --> 01:18:09.790
as health and climate . It is really a

01:18:09.790 --> 01:18:12.790
new deal and we've been resisting for a

01:18:12.790 --> 01:18:14.990
number of years and now we're being

01:18:15.000 --> 01:18:18.460
able to re engage with you And on this

01:18:18.460 --> 01:18:22.230
day of World AIDS Day as well , we

01:18:22.240 --> 01:18:26.230
are very much um continuing to work

01:18:26.240 --> 01:18:29.490
to deliver by 2030 and I would like to

01:18:29.490 --> 01:18:31.657
say how much has been achieved by both

01:18:31.657 --> 01:18:34.720
our countries um which are major

01:18:34.720 --> 01:18:37.260
contributors to the global fund to deal

01:18:37.260 --> 01:18:41.060
with of course eradicate AIDS but also

01:18:41.060 --> 01:18:43.940
Malloy and the number of other diseases

01:18:43.950 --> 01:18:46.580
um for the benefit of the most fragile

01:18:46.590 --> 01:18:49.200
populations . And the same goes in our

01:18:49.200 --> 01:18:50.867
relationship when we're doing

01:18:50.867 --> 01:18:53.750
everything we can to deal with climate

01:18:53.750 --> 01:18:56.300
change and biodiversity . Of course we

01:18:56.300 --> 01:18:58.720
want more innovation . We want to

01:18:58.730 --> 01:19:01.420
promote solutions on climate change ,

01:19:01.420 --> 01:19:03.520
but we also very concretely

01:19:03.530 --> 01:19:05.752
acknowledged a number of initiatives in

01:19:05.752 --> 01:19:07.752
this respect on the occasion of the

01:19:07.752 --> 01:19:10.170
state visit . It is about finding a new

01:19:10.180 --> 01:19:12.580
financing means for the most fragile

01:19:12.580 --> 01:19:15.100
countries , emerging countries to

01:19:15.100 --> 01:19:17.380
support them on both development and

01:19:17.380 --> 01:19:19.770
climate change . And in this respect ,

01:19:19.770 --> 01:19:21.881
you will be playing a key role in the

01:19:21.881 --> 01:19:23.910
summit we intend to organize next

01:19:23.910 --> 01:19:27.630
summer to build a new partnership

01:19:27.640 --> 01:19:29.640
between the North and the South and

01:19:29.640 --> 01:19:32.360
this is very much along the line um the

01:19:32.360 --> 01:19:35.310
lines of providing more resources to

01:19:35.310 --> 01:19:37.420
the southern countries and as well

01:19:37.420 --> 01:19:39.630
reforming our main our main

01:19:39.630 --> 01:19:42.660
international financial institutions

01:19:42.670 --> 01:19:46.300
with the reform of the the World Bank

01:19:46.480 --> 01:19:48.647
and a number of international existing

01:19:48.647 --> 01:19:52.060
tools and regarding the biodiversity .

01:19:52.070 --> 01:19:54.620
We had this lunch yesterday with the

01:19:54.630 --> 01:19:58.230
relevant cookies and here again our

01:19:58.230 --> 01:20:00.397
willingness is to have an agenda which

01:20:00.397 --> 01:20:03.850
is extremely ambitious in particular .

01:20:04.470 --> 01:20:07.410
We will be working together to prepare

01:20:07.410 --> 01:20:11.210
for the one for its summit in Gabon

01:20:11.220 --> 01:20:14.550
in Africa at the end of the next

01:20:14.560 --> 01:20:17.490
semester . And this topic , of course

01:20:17.490 --> 01:20:20.160
is very much at the heart of the ones

01:20:20.160 --> 01:20:23.420
who will be covering with the African

01:20:23.430 --> 01:20:25.652
countries coming to Washington in a few

01:20:25.652 --> 01:20:27.430
days . So here again , a strong

01:20:27.430 --> 01:20:30.310
convergence of views between us . And

01:20:30.310 --> 01:20:32.540
lastly we will continue to work

01:20:32.540 --> 01:20:36.030
together to fight terrorism and to act

01:20:36.030 --> 01:20:38.150
for peace . And of course my thoughts

01:20:38.150 --> 01:20:40.670
go to our soldiers who fell in

01:20:40.670 --> 01:20:42.910
Afghanistan in the Middle East in

01:20:42.910 --> 01:20:45.660
Africa over the past few years to fight

01:20:45.660 --> 01:20:49.490
for the security of these regions of

01:20:49.490 --> 01:20:51.620
the world and of all countries . And

01:20:51.620 --> 01:20:53.620
here again , please allow me to say

01:20:53.620 --> 01:20:56.330
once again that we're committed within

01:20:56.340 --> 01:20:58.750
our international coalition in the

01:20:58.750 --> 01:21:01.470
Middle East um through our military

01:21:01.470 --> 01:21:03.800
action and we will continue to do so

01:21:03.810 --> 01:21:06.360
because this fight is not over yet .

01:21:06.370 --> 01:21:10.080
And it is important to remind um

01:21:10.260 --> 01:21:12.427
all of our allies and partners that we

01:21:12.427 --> 01:21:15.240
need to continue to work to to fight

01:21:15.250 --> 01:21:17.400
terrorism in the Middle East and the

01:21:17.400 --> 01:21:20.570
Near East . And I would like to thank

01:21:20.570 --> 01:21:23.420
you for all your very valuable support .

01:21:23.430 --> 01:21:26.690
It was about a few years for the fight

01:21:26.690 --> 01:21:29.020
against terror , including in this a

01:21:29.020 --> 01:21:31.520
hill in Africa and that enable us to

01:21:31.520 --> 01:21:33.409
have some very concrete results ,

01:21:33.409 --> 01:21:35.860
including a bit of the past few weeks

01:21:35.870 --> 01:21:38.800
and will continue to work together . I

01:21:38.800 --> 01:21:41.390
could carry on during the entire

01:21:41.390 --> 01:21:43.390
afternoon . We could talk about the

01:21:43.390 --> 01:21:45.390
specific the way in particular . We

01:21:45.390 --> 01:21:47.390
were organizing our presence in the

01:21:47.390 --> 01:21:51.270
indian ocean um to put things

01:21:51.270 --> 01:21:55.140
right , dear joe you

01:21:55.340 --> 01:21:58.620
elegantly thank France for

01:21:59.240 --> 01:22:01.296
the role we played in the historical

01:22:01.296 --> 01:22:03.550
agreement between Israel and Lebanon .

01:22:03.560 --> 01:22:07.360
We did all that most um to finalize the

01:22:07.360 --> 01:22:09.582
record . But let me be honest , I think

01:22:09.582 --> 01:22:11.780
most of the work was yours .

01:22:13.130 --> 01:22:15.650
So I think it was

01:22:17.650 --> 01:22:20.450
the work of the utmost importance and

01:22:20.460 --> 01:22:22.720
Lebanon is so dear to us . And they

01:22:22.720 --> 01:22:26.700
needed this accord um in the

01:22:26.700 --> 01:22:29.360
context of everything that is still on

01:22:29.360 --> 01:22:31.527
the agenda for in the coming weeks and

01:22:31.527 --> 01:22:33.693
months . Ladies and gentlemen are very

01:22:33.693 --> 01:22:36.640
much meant to thank President biden

01:22:37.390 --> 01:22:40.010
because what he said , I again said as

01:22:40.010 --> 01:22:42.380
well , you're not just a leader with

01:22:42.380 --> 01:22:45.280
whom we share many values many battles .

01:22:45.290 --> 01:22:47.810
You're someone with him with whom we

01:22:47.820 --> 01:22:49.542
are having some very frank and

01:22:49.542 --> 01:22:52.610
respectful discussions on any topic .

01:22:52.620 --> 01:22:56.620
And you also became a friend and so

01:22:56.630 --> 01:22:59.160
thank you ever so much for this warm

01:22:59.160 --> 01:23:02.940
welcome and for the importance of being

01:23:02.940 --> 01:23:06.260
able to spend some time together now .

01:23:06.270 --> 01:23:08.300
So important for our joint future .

01:23:08.310 --> 01:23:11.760
Thank you . Well , thank you

01:23:12.100 --> 01:23:14.920
Manuel , I began to refer to him

01:23:14.920 --> 01:23:18.860
privately as my closer that that deal

01:23:18.870 --> 01:23:22.160
with Lebanon and Israel , we did

01:23:22.170 --> 01:23:24.910
negotiate but we needed a closer to get

01:23:24.910 --> 01:23:27.021
the job done and you did it and thank

01:23:27.021 --> 01:23:29.243
you very much . All right , we're gonna

01:23:29.243 --> 01:23:32.010
take , we're each gonna call on uh two

01:23:32.010 --> 01:23:34.177
people . The total of two people total

01:23:34.177 --> 01:23:37.540
of four All toll . And the first

01:23:37.550 --> 01:23:41.150
questioner is going to be from a F . P .

01:23:41.150 --> 01:23:42.220
Miss end .

01:23:45.280 --> 01:23:47.336
I got a question for you and one for

01:23:47.336 --> 01:23:50.790
the time . I mean you first you

01:23:50.790 --> 01:23:53.300
now say that you're going to better

01:23:53.300 --> 01:23:55.910
coordinate especially your great

01:23:55.920 --> 01:23:59.360
economic policies , but yesterday said

01:23:59.370 --> 01:24:01.680
that the inflation production actually

01:24:01.720 --> 01:24:04.690
have super aggressive quote for

01:24:04.700 --> 01:24:06.940
european companies . That means that

01:24:06.950 --> 01:24:09.240
you are ready to grant exceptions and

01:24:09.250 --> 01:24:11.590
exemptions of the allegations to your

01:24:11.590 --> 01:24:14.200
attention and expression .

01:24:15.480 --> 01:24:16.300
Um

01:24:19.990 --> 01:24:22.490
Mr President , will you leave

01:24:22.500 --> 01:24:24.670
Washington with the assurance

01:24:29.860 --> 01:24:33.800
that you

01:24:33.800 --> 01:24:36.022
will be able to deal with these massive

01:24:36.022 --> 01:24:36.930
inventions ?

01:24:40.720 --> 01:24:42.387
The journalist doesn't have a

01:24:42.387 --> 01:24:46.340
microphone . Mhm . Do you think

01:24:46.340 --> 01:24:49.060
there's a risk of generating divisions ?

01:24:51.550 --> 01:24:53.439
I'll answer the last question . I

01:24:53.439 --> 01:24:55.272
didn't hear any of it . I didn't

01:24:55.272 --> 01:24:57.161
understand a word of it . So I'll

01:24:57.161 --> 01:24:59.870
answer it and we'll take care of it .

01:25:00.890 --> 01:25:04.780
No . Uh look , um

01:25:04.950 --> 01:25:08.540
the United States makes no apology and

01:25:08.540 --> 01:25:10.596
I make no apologies since I wrote it

01:25:10.596 --> 01:25:12.680
for the legislation you're talking

01:25:12.680 --> 01:25:15.130
about . But there are occasions when

01:25:15.130 --> 01:25:16.741
you write a massive piece of

01:25:16.741 --> 01:25:19.730
legislation and that has almost $368

01:25:19.730 --> 01:25:22.100
billion dollars for the largest

01:25:22.100 --> 01:25:24.670
investment of climate change on all of

01:25:24.670 --> 01:25:27.060
all of history . And so there's

01:25:27.060 --> 01:25:29.820
obviously gonna be glitches in it and

01:25:29.820 --> 01:25:33.210
need to reconcile changes in it . For

01:25:33.210 --> 01:25:35.210
example , there's a provision in it

01:25:35.210 --> 01:25:37.460
that says that there is an exception

01:25:37.460 --> 01:25:39.571
for anyone has a free trade agreement

01:25:39.571 --> 01:25:42.180
with us . Well , that was added by a

01:25:42.190 --> 01:25:44.246
member of the United States Congress

01:25:44.246 --> 01:25:46.246
who acknowledges that he just meant

01:25:46.246 --> 01:25:48.412
allies . He didn't mean literally free

01:25:48.412 --> 01:25:50.523
trade agreement . So there's a lot we

01:25:50.523 --> 01:25:52.746
can work out . But the essence of it is

01:25:52.746 --> 01:25:54.634
we're going to make sure that the

01:25:54.634 --> 01:25:56.857
United States continues . And just as I

01:25:56.857 --> 01:25:59.134
hope , europe will be able to continue ,

01:25:59.134 --> 01:26:01.246
not to have to rely on anybody else's

01:26:01.246 --> 01:26:03.540
supply chain . We are our own supply

01:26:03.540 --> 01:26:06.420
chain and we share that with Europe and

01:26:06.420 --> 01:26:08.560
all of our allies . And they will in

01:26:08.560 --> 01:26:10.560
fact have the opportunity to do the

01:26:10.560 --> 01:26:12.950
same thing . So there's tweaks that we

01:26:12.950 --> 01:26:16.240
can make , that can fundamentally make

01:26:16.240 --> 01:26:18.670
it easier for european countries to

01:26:18.670 --> 01:26:21.070
participate and or be on their own .

01:26:21.080 --> 01:26:23.900
But that is something that is a matter

01:26:23.900 --> 01:26:25.622
to be worked out . There is no

01:26:25.622 --> 01:26:27.622
fundamental that was never intended

01:26:27.622 --> 01:26:29.680
when I wrote the legislation , never

01:26:29.680 --> 01:26:32.750
intended to exclude folks who were

01:26:32.750 --> 01:26:34.917
cooperating with us . That was not the

01:26:34.917 --> 01:26:37.139
intention intention was to make sure we

01:26:37.139 --> 01:26:39.306
no longer in a position when there was

01:26:39.306 --> 01:26:42.640
a pandemic in ASia and china decided

01:26:42.640 --> 01:26:44.418
they're gonna no longer sell us

01:26:44.418 --> 01:26:46.690
computer chips . Uh , we invented the

01:26:46.930 --> 01:26:50.570
things . Um , you know , so anyway ,

01:26:50.570 --> 01:26:52.660
but my point is , we're back in

01:26:52.660 --> 01:26:55.200
business , europe is back in business

01:26:55.210 --> 01:26:57.321
and we're going to continue to create

01:26:57.321 --> 01:26:59.543
manufacturing jobs in America , but not

01:26:59.543 --> 01:27:01.043
at the expense of Europe .

01:27:05.690 --> 01:27:08.780
What we've been , what we've been

01:27:08.780 --> 01:27:10.947
discussing with President biden . What

01:27:10.947 --> 01:27:13.169
as a matter of packages said and that's

01:27:13.169 --> 01:27:15.113
what I talked about with the Cocos

01:27:15.113 --> 01:27:17.113
yesterday . That's simple . The the

01:27:17.113 --> 01:27:19.058
United States of America adopted a

01:27:19.058 --> 01:27:21.336
piece of legislation for their country ,

01:27:21.336 --> 01:27:23.270
for their industry , which with a

01:27:23.270 --> 01:27:26.700
common objective call that we share

01:27:26.710 --> 01:27:28.877
creating jobs , creating opportunities

01:27:28.877 --> 01:27:31.360
for the middle class and succeeding in

01:27:31.370 --> 01:27:34.040
implementing a the energy transition .

01:27:34.050 --> 01:27:36.970
The reality is that the consequences as

01:27:36.970 --> 01:27:40.190
we've seen in our discussions , um , it

01:27:40.190 --> 01:27:42.301
is certainly not the intention of the

01:27:42.301 --> 01:27:44.523
United States , but as a matter of fact

01:27:44.523 --> 01:27:47.020
project that we're growing being

01:27:47.020 --> 01:27:50.750
developed in europe . There's such a

01:27:50.760 --> 01:27:53.910
difference in um subsidies that these

01:27:53.910 --> 01:27:56.780
projects might come to an end

01:27:57.620 --> 01:28:00.710
and a number of senators yesterday ,

01:28:00.720 --> 01:28:03.120
like I said , it was certainly not

01:28:03.120 --> 01:28:05.600
their intention so France and simply

01:28:05.600 --> 01:28:08.130
did not come to us for an exemption or

01:28:08.130 --> 01:28:10.450
another for for our economy , but

01:28:10.450 --> 01:28:12.561
simply to discuss the consequences of

01:28:12.561 --> 01:28:14.960
this legislation and um

01:28:14.970 --> 01:28:18.470
the , the news , the circumstances

01:28:18.480 --> 01:28:21.020
mean that we have no alternative but to

01:28:21.020 --> 01:28:23.187
work together . So therefore I believe

01:28:23.187 --> 01:28:25.580
we need to re synchronize as I say ,

01:28:25.590 --> 01:28:29.040
find a new policy to clarify our goals

01:28:29.050 --> 01:28:30.890
and continue together . And the

01:28:30.890 --> 01:28:32.834
discussion we had this morning was

01:28:32.834 --> 01:28:34.890
extremely clear and I could feel the

01:28:34.890 --> 01:28:37.920
very same intent um , on behalf of the

01:28:37.920 --> 01:28:41.120
members of the Congress yesterday and

01:28:41.120 --> 01:28:44.400
the the wish of President biden is to

01:28:44.400 --> 01:28:47.220
rebuild a strong industry here and to

01:28:47.220 --> 01:28:50.810
have somehow to secure some technology

01:28:50.810 --> 01:28:53.430
solutions for the future France ,

01:28:53.440 --> 01:28:55.570
wishes exactly the same thing for

01:28:55.570 --> 01:28:59.300
itself And we we've been fighting

01:28:59.310 --> 01:29:01.370
day in day out to do the very same

01:29:01.370 --> 01:29:04.180
thing in our country and this enabled

01:29:04.180 --> 01:29:07.470
us to put an end to some 15 years of of

01:29:07.480 --> 01:29:10.980
um industry loss in our country and to

01:29:10.980 --> 01:29:14.690
have new manufacturing jobs

01:29:16.090 --> 01:29:18.580
and so we'll be working on that and we

01:29:18.580 --> 01:29:21.040
decided to do that together with the

01:29:21.050 --> 01:29:23.272
other members of the european union and

01:29:23.272 --> 01:29:25.328
the european commission . So we will

01:29:25.328 --> 01:29:27.494
work on the technical elements to make

01:29:27.494 --> 01:29:29.772
sure that there is no domino effect on ,

01:29:29.772 --> 01:29:31.994
on ongoing projects in europe . We want

01:29:31.994 --> 01:29:34.106
to succeed together , not one against

01:29:34.106 --> 01:29:37.050
the other . It's been clear this is the

01:29:37.050 --> 01:29:39.272
outcome of our discussions this morning

01:29:39.272 --> 01:29:41.494
and this is exactly the philosophy that

01:29:41.494 --> 01:29:43.661
I share and it is the one that we need

01:29:44.310 --> 01:29:48.260
President William

01:29:48.670 --> 01:29:52.640
on behalf of RTL Radio in

01:29:52.640 --> 01:29:55.190
french President biden we say there is

01:29:55.190 --> 01:29:57.190
no love , there's only there's only

01:29:57.190 --> 01:30:00.350
proof of love . Do you feel that your ,

01:30:00.360 --> 01:30:02.630
your french friend that will go home

01:30:02.640 --> 01:30:05.190
very much reassured and you feel you

01:30:05.190 --> 01:30:07.190
were able to reassure your european

01:30:07.190 --> 01:30:09.500
friends and to be more precise

01:30:09.510 --> 01:30:11.510
President Macron , do you have some

01:30:11.510 --> 01:30:14.390
specific deadlines or specific

01:30:14.390 --> 01:30:17.150
industries um in relation to which

01:30:17.150 --> 01:30:19.860
you're hoping to have some adaptation

01:30:19.860 --> 01:30:22.930
of the economic policies of the United

01:30:22.930 --> 01:30:25.230
States ? Well , first of all to be very

01:30:25.230 --> 01:30:27.397
clear we have some work to do with the

01:30:27.397 --> 01:30:30.370
Europeans on semiconductors , hydrogen

01:30:30.370 --> 01:30:32.800
batteries , our industry , we will

01:30:32.800 --> 01:30:35.620
continue to to to move forward . Those

01:30:35.620 --> 01:30:38.170
Europeans and we're not here simply

01:30:38.180 --> 01:30:41.550
really to ask for proof of love . We

01:30:41.550 --> 01:30:43.439
were here , we came to agree on a

01:30:43.439 --> 01:30:45.530
strategy and to clarify what was

01:30:45.540 --> 01:30:48.620
necessary to clarify and we did now we

01:30:48.620 --> 01:30:50.620
were conducting our own work and we

01:30:50.620 --> 01:30:52.787
can't ask the United States of America

01:30:52.787 --> 01:30:56.640
to , to um adopting whatever rules

01:30:56.640 --> 01:30:58.640
would be necessary to deal with all

01:30:58.640 --> 01:31:00.807
issues in europe , but we need to have

01:31:00.807 --> 01:31:02.751
the same ambition and very much um

01:31:02.751 --> 01:31:05.460
synchronize and in addition we

01:31:05.460 --> 01:31:08.370
clarified things today and they are

01:31:08.380 --> 01:31:10.740
already a number of discussions

01:31:10.740 --> 01:31:12.684
frameworks and it is in the coming

01:31:12.684 --> 01:31:14.851
weeks and months that we will can deal

01:31:14.851 --> 01:31:16.907
with that and fairly quickly because

01:31:16.907 --> 01:31:20.070
these projects are ongoing . So for me

01:31:20.080 --> 01:31:23.460
there's some very clear um um

01:31:23.820 --> 01:31:26.070
strategy . We've had some very frank

01:31:26.070 --> 01:31:28.470
discussions and I believe accordingly

01:31:28.470 --> 01:31:31.130
that in the coming days the discussions

01:31:31.130 --> 01:31:32.963
will be having with the european

01:31:32.963 --> 01:31:35.830
commission um the close , we will the

01:31:35.840 --> 01:31:37.690
discussions will have in close

01:31:37.690 --> 01:31:40.220
cooperation with our german partners

01:31:40.220 --> 01:31:42.490
and others will enable us to very much

01:31:42.500 --> 01:31:44.570
clarify all of this without any

01:31:44.570 --> 01:31:48.100
difficulty . So I'm , I'm going home uh

01:31:48.110 --> 01:31:50.332
confident but as well listen as to what

01:31:50.332 --> 01:31:52.666
remains to be done on the european side ,

01:31:52.666 --> 01:31:55.160
which is a good thing . I'm confident .

01:31:59.660 --> 01:32:00.716
That's my answer .

01:32:07.320 --> 01:32:11.310
Okay , who's the next question got

01:32:11.310 --> 01:32:12.310
my list here .

01:32:15.320 --> 01:32:17.650
My turn to call on someone . Right ,

01:32:17.660 --> 01:32:20.480
okay , how about NPR Tamara keith ,

01:32:22.570 --> 01:32:25.150
thank you . Mr President um I have a

01:32:25.150 --> 01:32:27.150
domestic question for you . And and

01:32:27.150 --> 01:32:29.261
then Mr Macron , I have a president a

01:32:29.261 --> 01:32:31.317
question for you about Ukraine . But

01:32:31.317 --> 01:32:33.880
first president biden . Um , do the

01:32:33.880 --> 01:32:36.230
freight rail workers deserve more than

01:32:36.230 --> 01:32:38.430
one day of paid sick leave , like

01:32:38.430 --> 01:32:41.590
millions of americans have . And if so ,

01:32:41.600 --> 01:32:43.950
why didn't you negotiate for that when

01:32:43.950 --> 01:32:45.894
you were helping to negotiate that

01:32:45.894 --> 01:32:48.061
contract that you now want Congress to

01:32:48.061 --> 01:32:50.283
impose ? I love you guys , I negotiated

01:32:50.283 --> 01:32:52.006
a contract . No one else could

01:32:52.006 --> 01:32:54.006
negotiate . The only thing that was

01:32:54.006 --> 01:32:56.172
left out was whether or not was a paid

01:32:56.172 --> 01:32:55.390
leave , you know , I've been trying to

01:32:55.390 --> 01:32:57.334
get paid leave , not just for rail

01:32:57.334 --> 01:32:59.501
workers for everybody , but that other

01:32:59.501 --> 01:33:01.723
team , they call the Republicans , they

01:33:01.723 --> 01:33:03.501
voted against it . They said we

01:33:03.501 --> 01:33:05.612
couldn't do it . We're one of the few

01:33:05.612 --> 01:33:05.400
nations of the world that don't have

01:33:05.400 --> 01:33:07.770
paid leave for workers . And so what

01:33:07.770 --> 01:33:10.048
we're doing is we can't afford to have .

01:33:10.048 --> 01:33:12.270
And by the way , in the meantime , they

01:33:12.270 --> 01:33:15.370
got a 43 , increase in salary , etc is

01:33:15.370 --> 01:33:17.481
a lot of good things that happened in

01:33:17.481 --> 01:33:19.537
that . And in fact , this shuts down

01:33:19.537 --> 01:33:22.020
over the question of 1 to 5 , paid

01:33:22.030 --> 01:33:24.086
seven or nine , whatever the numbers

01:33:24.086 --> 01:33:26.210
and be negotiated and paid leave days

01:33:26.220 --> 01:33:29.500
is gonna immediately cost 750,000 jobs .

01:33:29.510 --> 01:33:31.990
And cause a recession . And so what I

01:33:31.990 --> 01:33:34.580
made it really clear is that what was

01:33:34.580 --> 01:33:36.580
negotiated with so much better than

01:33:36.580 --> 01:33:38.524
anything they ever had , That it's

01:33:38.524 --> 01:33:40.636
worth . And they all signed onto it ,

01:33:40.636 --> 01:33:42.858
by the way . There are only four unions

01:33:42.858 --> 01:33:44.913
that out of the 13 or 14 that didn't

01:33:44.913 --> 01:33:47.080
agree . So the majority of the time it

01:33:47.080 --> 01:33:49.302
was that I presented it , they asked me

01:33:49.302 --> 01:33:51.358
to do it . I presented it . They all

01:33:51.358 --> 01:33:54.190
signed on here is the story doesn't

01:33:54.190 --> 01:33:56.450
mean because we are going to pass this

01:33:56.450 --> 01:33:59.670
God willing , uh , by friday by the

01:33:59.670 --> 01:34:03.650
time by the weekend that we're ,

01:34:03.650 --> 01:34:05.650
I'm gonna back off a paid leave . I

01:34:05.650 --> 01:34:07.539
made it really clear I'm going to

01:34:07.539 --> 01:34:09.594
continue to fight for paid leave for

01:34:09.594 --> 01:34:11.594
not only rail workers , but for all

01:34:11.594 --> 01:34:13.428
american workers . I suppose . I

01:34:13.428 --> 01:34:15.428
imagine it may surprise some of our

01:34:15.428 --> 01:34:17.539
european friends that there's no paid

01:34:17.539 --> 01:34:19.706
leave in the United States . America ,

01:34:19.706 --> 01:34:21.817
one of the few major countries in the

01:34:21.817 --> 01:34:23.872
world don't have , It's about time .

01:34:23.872 --> 01:34:26.094
And so that's the context in which this

01:34:26.094 --> 01:34:28.261
all took place . And uh , and uh , you

01:34:28.261 --> 01:34:30.594
know , and labor signed onto it as well .

01:34:30.594 --> 01:34:32.761
As you recall , initially , there were

01:34:32.761 --> 01:34:34.928
four unions out of the , I think 13 or

01:34:34.928 --> 01:34:38.010
14 that didn't like it . And , but I

01:34:38.010 --> 01:34:40.177
think we're going to get it done , but

01:34:40.177 --> 01:34:42.399
not within this agreement . Within this

01:34:42.399 --> 01:34:44.566
agreement . We're gonna avoid the rail

01:34:44.566 --> 01:34:46.732
strike , keep the rails running , keep

01:34:46.732 --> 01:34:48.954
things moving and I'm gonna go back and

01:34:48.954 --> 01:34:51.066
we're gonna get paid leave , not just

01:34:51.066 --> 01:34:53.343
for rail workers , but for all workers .

01:34:56.260 --> 01:34:59.810
Uh , President Macron , um , uh ,

01:34:59.820 --> 01:35:01.987
President Biden is asking Congress for

01:35:01.987 --> 01:35:03.876
$38 billion dollars of additional

01:35:03.876 --> 01:35:06.430
funding for support for Ukraine . Uh ,

01:35:06.440 --> 01:35:08.218
there's been some pushback from

01:35:08.218 --> 01:35:10.218
republicans in Congress saying that

01:35:10.218 --> 01:35:12.329
they cannot continue to write a blank

01:35:12.329 --> 01:35:14.496
check . So do you have confidence that

01:35:14.496 --> 01:35:16.384
the United States will be able to

01:35:16.384 --> 01:35:18.496
continue supporting Ukraine's defense

01:35:18.496 --> 01:35:20.662
in the way it has over the past year ,

01:35:20.662 --> 01:35:22.773
in the months going forward ? And did

01:35:22.773 --> 01:35:24.662
you talk to President biden about

01:35:24.662 --> 01:35:26.829
trying to urge Ukraine to negotiate to

01:35:26.829 --> 01:35:29.060
end this war ? You know , especially

01:35:29.060 --> 01:35:30.930
with winter bearing down and the

01:35:30.930 --> 01:35:34.860
effects on energy prices . Look , I do

01:35:34.860 --> 01:35:36.527
thank President Biden and his

01:35:36.527 --> 01:35:38.749
administration for the great commitment

01:35:39.040 --> 01:35:41.270
they have of Ukraine Ukrainian people .

01:35:41.730 --> 01:35:43.860
And and let me just say that

01:35:45.630 --> 01:35:49.410
our two nations are made of

01:35:49.410 --> 01:35:53.180
values and history and what is at stake

01:35:53.180 --> 01:35:56.530
in Ukraine is not just very far from

01:35:56.530 --> 01:36:00.200
here in a small country somewhere in

01:36:00.200 --> 01:36:03.260
europe , but it's about our values

01:36:04.920 --> 01:36:08.860
and it's about our principles and it's

01:36:08.860 --> 01:36:12.140
about what we agreed together in the U .

01:36:12.140 --> 01:36:14.970
N . Charter protecting sovereignty

01:36:15.800 --> 01:36:19.550
in territorial integrity . And this is

01:36:19.550 --> 01:36:21.970
why I do believe that having the US

01:36:21.970 --> 01:36:24.670
strongly supporting the Ukrainians in

01:36:24.670 --> 01:36:28.340
that time is very important , not just

01:36:28.340 --> 01:36:30.507
for the Ukrainians for the Europeans .

01:36:30.507 --> 01:36:32.562
We are , this is why we do thank you

01:36:32.562 --> 01:36:34.890
for the solid reason , but for the

01:36:34.890 --> 01:36:38.020
stability of our world today , because

01:36:38.030 --> 01:36:40.360
if we consider that we can abandon the

01:36:40.360 --> 01:36:43.900
country and abandon the full respect of

01:36:43.900 --> 01:36:46.067
these principles . It means that there

01:36:46.067 --> 01:36:48.790
is no possible stability in this world .

01:36:49.530 --> 01:36:52.100
So , I think it's extremely important

01:36:52.110 --> 01:36:54.277
to have you so much committed . So I'm

01:36:54.277 --> 01:36:56.388
confident because I think your people

01:36:56.388 --> 01:36:59.710
and and no representative do endorse

01:36:59.710 --> 01:37:02.110
and understand these objectives , we

01:37:02.110 --> 01:37:05.440
will follow up our own support . We

01:37:05.440 --> 01:37:07.384
increase our military support , we

01:37:07.384 --> 01:37:10.070
increase our economic support . We we

01:37:10.070 --> 01:37:12.403
are increasing our humanitarian support .

01:37:13.360 --> 01:37:15.638
And for the second question you raised ,

01:37:15.638 --> 01:37:17.860
let me tell you that we will never urge

01:37:17.860 --> 01:37:19.971
Ukrainians to make a compromise which

01:37:19.971 --> 01:37:23.030
will not be acceptable for them because

01:37:24.780 --> 01:37:27.100
they are so brave and they defend

01:37:27.100 --> 01:37:29.940
precisely the lives our nation and our

01:37:29.940 --> 01:37:33.190
principles . And because it will never

01:37:33.190 --> 01:37:37.030
build a sustainable peace , if we want

01:37:37.030 --> 01:37:39.630
a sustainable peace , we have to

01:37:39.630 --> 01:37:41.686
respect the Ukrainians to decide the

01:37:41.686 --> 01:37:43.908
moment and the conditions in which they

01:37:43.908 --> 01:37:46.360
will negotiate about their territory

01:37:46.370 --> 01:37:47.426
and their future .

01:37:52.080 --> 01:37:53.969
This would be the last question .

01:37:56.390 --> 01:37:59.710
We

01:38:04.500 --> 01:38:12.050
we

01:38:12.050 --> 01:38:13.883
hear that you will be talking to

01:38:13.883 --> 01:38:16.106
President Putin anytime soon . But what

01:38:16.106 --> 01:38:18.800
is your approach ? Um and as the

01:38:18.810 --> 01:38:21.550
Ukrainian war seems to be to turning

01:38:21.550 --> 01:38:24.900
point , you feel realistic that

01:38:24.910 --> 01:38:26.688
President Zelensky is putting a

01:38:26.688 --> 01:38:29.610
condition to open negotiations and that

01:38:29.610 --> 01:38:31.820
is the return of Crimea to Ukraine .

01:38:34.050 --> 01:38:36.217
Look , there's one way for this war to

01:38:36.217 --> 01:38:39.680
end rational way Putin to pull out of

01:38:39.680 --> 01:38:42.980
Ukraine Number one , it appears he's

01:38:42.980 --> 01:38:45.490
not gonna do that . He's paying a very

01:38:45.490 --> 01:38:47.657
heavy price for failing to do it , but

01:38:47.657 --> 01:38:50.600
he's inflicting incredible , incredible

01:38:50.610 --> 01:38:54.290
carnage on the civilian population of

01:38:54.290 --> 01:38:58.030
Ukraine bombing Nurseries hospitals ,

01:38:58.040 --> 01:39:01.280
Children's homes , it's sick what he's

01:39:01.280 --> 01:39:04.680
doing . But the fact of the matter is I

01:39:04.680 --> 01:39:07.540
have no immediate plans to contact Mr

01:39:07.540 --> 01:39:10.010
Putin . Mr Putin is

01:39:11.400 --> 01:39:13.260
choose my words very carefully .

01:39:15.240 --> 01:39:17.690
I'm prepared to speak with Mr Putin

01:39:19.110 --> 01:39:21.730
if in fact there is an interest in him

01:39:21.730 --> 01:39:24.180
deciding he's looking for a way to end

01:39:24.180 --> 01:39:27.100
the war , he hasn't done that yet . If

01:39:27.100 --> 01:39:30.160
that's the case in consultation with my

01:39:30.160 --> 01:39:32.550
french and my NATO friends , I'll be

01:39:32.550 --> 01:39:34.550
happy to sit down with Putin to see

01:39:34.550 --> 01:39:36.670
what he wants . Has in mind he hasn't

01:39:36.670 --> 01:39:38.670
done that yet . In the meantime , I

01:39:38.670 --> 01:39:40.900
think it's absolutely critical what

01:39:40.910 --> 01:39:44.020
manual said . We must support the

01:39:44.020 --> 01:39:47.860
Ukrainian people . The idea

01:39:47.870 --> 01:39:49.850
that Putin is ever going to defeat

01:39:49.860 --> 01:39:52.820
Ukraine is beyond comprehension .

01:39:53.450 --> 01:39:56.160
Imagine I'm trying to occupy that

01:39:56.160 --> 01:39:58.438
country in the next 25 , 10 , 20 years .

01:39:58.438 --> 01:40:01.830
If they could if they could . He's

01:40:01.830 --> 01:40:04.310
miscalculated every single thing he

01:40:04.310 --> 01:40:06.630
initially calculated , he thought he'd

01:40:06.630 --> 01:40:09.100
be greeted with open arms by the

01:40:09.110 --> 01:40:10.943
Russian speaking portions of the

01:40:10.943 --> 01:40:13.520
Ukrainian population . Go back and read

01:40:13.520 --> 01:40:15.687
his speech when he invaded when I said

01:40:15.687 --> 01:40:17.853
they were going to invade and they did

01:40:17.853 --> 01:40:20.076
when we said they were go back and read

01:40:20.076 --> 01:40:22.131
the speech he made . He talked about

01:40:22.131 --> 01:40:25.420
him with needing to be another peter

01:40:25.420 --> 01:40:29.270
the great he talked about the need for

01:40:29.280 --> 01:40:32.380
the people that keep as the mother lode

01:40:32.380 --> 01:40:35.250
of Russian identity in the beginning

01:40:35.250 --> 01:40:37.220
etcetera etcetera . He's just

01:40:37.220 --> 01:40:39.970
miscalculated across the board . And so

01:40:39.970 --> 01:40:42.810
the question is , what is his decision ?

01:40:42.810 --> 01:40:44.920
How does he get himself out of the

01:40:44.920 --> 01:40:48.420
circumstances in I'm prepared if he's

01:40:48.420 --> 01:40:51.070
willing to talk to find out what he's

01:40:51.070 --> 01:40:53.237
willing to do , but I'll only do it in

01:40:53.237 --> 01:40:55.403
consultation with my NATO allies . I'm

01:40:55.403 --> 01:40:57.820
not going to do it on my own . Thank

01:40:57.820 --> 01:40:58.820
you .

01:41:06.570 --> 01:41:08.459
Regarding your question . And the

01:41:08.459 --> 01:41:10.840
preconditions of the conditions set by

01:41:11.060 --> 01:41:13.410
the Ukrainian President , I believe

01:41:13.410 --> 01:41:15.632
that what is important for all of us to

01:41:15.632 --> 01:41:19.280
look at is that as Ukraine is

01:41:19.280 --> 01:41:22.710
resisting suffering from war crimes

01:41:22.730 --> 01:41:24.290
attacks on their civilian

01:41:24.290 --> 01:41:26.100
infrastructure leading counter

01:41:26.100 --> 01:41:29.480
offensive . President Zelensky

01:41:29.490 --> 01:41:33.420
presented a 10 . plan . So we

01:41:33.430 --> 01:41:35.541
believe very much need to continue to

01:41:35.541 --> 01:41:37.486
engage with him because there is a

01:41:37.486 --> 01:41:39.319
genuine willingness on behalf of

01:41:39.319 --> 01:41:43.270
Ukraine to discuss these matters

01:41:43.280 --> 01:41:45.613
and we acknowledge it and we commend it .

01:41:47.170 --> 01:41:50.960
And for a number of years I was in

01:41:50.960 --> 01:41:54.310
heart of monitoring the implementation

01:41:54.310 --> 01:41:56.680
of the Minks agreements and the latest

01:41:56.690 --> 01:41:58.634
the last meeting between President

01:41:58.634 --> 01:42:00.746
Zelensky and President Putin the only

01:42:00.746 --> 01:42:04.170
one December 2019 at the time I was

01:42:04.170 --> 01:42:07.140
with Chancellor Merkel . And I can tell

01:42:07.140 --> 01:42:10.440
you that I saw a president who was

01:42:10.440 --> 01:42:13.260
sincere in his willingness to talk and

01:42:13.260 --> 01:42:15.940
to negotiate . And since he was elected

01:42:15.950 --> 01:42:19.890
until May , President Zelensky was

01:42:19.890 --> 01:42:22.780
very much willing to talk and negotiate .

01:42:22.780 --> 01:42:25.770
The one who wanted to go to the war to

01:42:25.770 --> 01:42:27.770
wage war with President Putin and I

01:42:27.770 --> 01:42:29.992
could see it by myself , including when

01:42:29.992 --> 01:42:32.290
I visited Russia and Ukraine at the

01:42:32.290 --> 01:42:34.346
beginning of february . So it's only

01:42:34.346 --> 01:42:36.670
legitimate that President Zelensky set

01:42:36.670 --> 01:42:40.330
some conditions um to um

01:42:40.330 --> 01:42:43.250
talk , we need to work on what could be

01:42:43.250 --> 01:42:45.417
into a peace agreement . But it is for

01:42:45.417 --> 01:42:47.583
for him to tell us when the time comes

01:42:47.583 --> 01:42:49.750
and what the choices of the Ukrainians

01:42:49.750 --> 01:42:52.590
are . So , once this has been said

01:42:52.590 --> 01:42:54.479
indeed I will continue to talk to

01:42:54.479 --> 01:42:56.534
President Putin . And as a matter of

01:42:56.534 --> 01:42:58.701
fact , we talked about it this morning

01:42:58.701 --> 01:43:00.479
with President biden because we

01:43:00.479 --> 01:43:02.368
constantly as well try to prevent

01:43:02.368 --> 01:43:04.380
escalation and to get some very

01:43:04.380 --> 01:43:07.350
concrete results . So I will talk to

01:43:07.350 --> 01:43:10.150
him about security and safety of

01:43:10.160 --> 01:43:13.700
nuclear plants in um um

01:43:13.710 --> 01:43:16.410
the areas that are being

01:43:16.420 --> 01:43:20.020
uh claimed including

01:43:20.030 --> 01:43:22.450
support in particular and over the past

01:43:22.450 --> 01:43:24.394
few months we did some work on the

01:43:24.394 --> 01:43:27.010
Chernobyl nuclear plant and there's

01:43:27.020 --> 01:43:29.131
some outstanding work ongoing , which

01:43:29.131 --> 01:43:31.800
is very important by Mr Grossi and his

01:43:31.800 --> 01:43:33.830
agency , the E . A . So we will

01:43:33.830 --> 01:43:36.950
continue . Thank you so much .

01:43:37.610 --> 01:43:39.666
Ladies and gentlemen , distinguished

01:43:39.666 --> 01:43:41.721
guests . Please remain in your seats

01:43:41.721 --> 01:43:43.721
until the official delegations have

01:43:43.721 --> 01:43:48.040
departed