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Francesco Fontemaggi, Ludovic Ehret and Stuart Williams

Macron Takes Xi To French Mountains To Press Messages On Ukraine, Trade

Macron wants to sway Xi on Ukraine and trade (Credit: AFP)

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday is to host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at one of his beloved childhood haunts in the Pyrenees mountains, seeking to press a message to Beijing not to support Russia's war against Ukraine and to accept fairer trade.

The first day of Xi's state visit to France, his first to Europe since 2019, saw respectful but sometimes robust exchanges between the two men during a succession of talks on Monday.

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