Trump to travel to France; discuss Syria, terrorism
12 July 2017 11:14 PM IST
US President Donald Trump will travel to Paris later this week to attend the annual Bastille Day celebrations and hold discussions with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on issues like Syria and counter-terrorism, the White House says.
"The president will arrive in Paris midmorning on Thursday, July 13th to conduct meetings with President Macron of France, and to participate the next day in the annual Bastille Day celebrations, at the invitation of President Macron. The First Lady will also accompany," a senior White House official told reporters yesterday.
Trump who returned from Europe last week after attending the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany would be making his third foreign trip after becoming the US President in January this year. The Trump-Macron meeting "will focus on Syria and counter-terrorism topics."
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