Obama and Hollande say trust restored after NSA spying

February 12, 2014 02:38

US President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande have reaffirmed their nations' alliance after revelations of US snooping. On day two of his trip to the US, the French leader said at the White House that mutual trust had been restored.

Mr Hollande, who was greeted by a military honour guard and a 21-gun salute, attends a state dinner later. Relations broke down in 2003 between the countries when France opposed US President George W Bush's war in Iraq. At Tuesday's press conference, Mr Obama said they had forged bilateral ties "unimaginable even a decade ago".

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