Admiral Pierre Vandier, chief of the French Navy, is on a fence-mending visit to the US this week. It is the first high-level military contact between US and French military leaders.
Things turned sour last year after the Australia, the UK and the US formed the Aukus "trilateral security partnership" on 15 September, resulting in Canberra dumping an 8 billion dollar French submarine deal in favor of an American company.