Alliance with France is strong as ever: White House

May 08, 2012 01:08

Asserting that United States' alliance with France was as strong as it had been before the election of a new socialist president Francois Hollande, the White House today said US President Barack Obama has proposed to meet him before the G-8 and NATO summits.

"Obama and President-elect Hollande each reaffirmed in that phone call the important and enduring alliance between the people of the United States and France. That alliance is strong and as strong today as it was last week," the White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, told reporters at his daily news conference. "President Obama looks forward to welcoming President-elect Hollande to Camp David for the G-8 and then to Chicago for the NATO summit. He proposed that the two men meet beforehand at the White House," he said.

During their talks yesterday, Carney said, Obama indicated that he looks forward to working closely with Hollande and his government on a range of shared economic and security challenges. Responding to a question on the situation in Europe, Carney said, the US President said just the other day, the US economy continues to face some headwinds, and the eurozone crisis is one of them.

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