China's Xi visits Pyrenees mountains with Macron

(7 May 2024)
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Tourmalet Pass - 7 May 2024
1. French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte greeting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan outside mountain restaurant
2. Various of two couples watching folklore group dancing local dances
3. Various of two couples applauding
4. Various of folklore dancers
5. Various of the two couples posing for photographers with local dancers then entering restaurant
STORYLINE:
During his visit to the Pyrenees in France, Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed watching folklore dances and traditional music before lunch at a mountain restaurant on Tuesday.
France’s president is hosting China’s leader at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees for private meetings, after a high-stakes state visit in Paris dominated by trade disputes and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
President Emmanuel Macron made a point of inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Tourmalet Pass near the Spanish border, where Macron spent time as a child visiting his grandmother.
It is meant to be a reciprocal gesture after Xi took Macron last year to the residence of the governor of Guangdong province, where the Chinese president’s father once lived.
Wives of both leaders, Brigitte and Peng Liyuan, were also in attendance and the couples then posed for pictures with the local dancers.
The mountain meetings come after a grandiose state visit by Xi on Monday that included a ceremonial welcome at the monument housing Napoleon’s tomb and a state dinner at the Elysee Palace with celebrities and magnates.
Xi is on a trip to Europe aimed at reinvigorating relations at a time of global tensions.
He heads next to Serbia and Hungary.
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