Emmanuel Macron meets Kamala Harris at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) headquarters in Washington. During the meeting, French President Emmanuel Macron discussed “space exploration and the continued strengthening of joint investments in the exploration of the Moon and Mars” with US Vice President Kamala Harris.
According to a statement released by the White House, “Macron is currently on an official visit to the US. Both Macron and Harris agreed on strengthening US-France space cooperation across the civil, commercial, and national security sectors.”
The meeting was organised in the background of the meeting held in November 2021, which took place in Paris. According to the statement, “France has signed the Artemis Accords to guide civil use of space, the United States has joined the Space for Climate Observatory (SCO) to develop accessible tools for climate monitoring and adaptation, and the United States and France held the first Comprehensive Dialogue on Space to discuss cooperation on civil, commercial, and national security space initiatives” after that meeting took place.
Vice president of America Kamala Harris had declared not to conduct direct-ascent anti-satellite missile testing in April 2022, and France’s president announced the same vows yesterday. In the meeting, the upcoming enlarged participation of the United States in SCO and the upcoming launch of the US-France Surface Water and Ocean Topography operation were also discussed after Emmanuel Macron met Kamala Harris.
After reaching the U.S.Macron tweeted, “USA! A moment to celebrate the friendship between our two countries. A moment to progress together in a time of great challenges.”
Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, during an interview with Christiane Amanpour of CNN, said, “And do we have differences on certain things? Of course. We always do, but we always work through them. And so, for example, when it comes to some concerns that we`ve heard in Europe over some of the provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act that go to creating incentives for investing in the United States – we`ve heard some concerns expressed by our European partners – we immediately set up a task force with the European Union to work through those concerns, and that`s exactly what we`re doing.”
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