Emmanuel Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks focusing on Libya on the margins of the G20 summit in Rome.

The meeting comes straight on the heels of Erdogan's threat to expel, along with nine other Western envoys, France's ambassador to Ankara, as well as after the recent France-Greece strategic defence agreement.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks focusing on Libya on the margins of the G20 summit in Rome.

The meeting comes straight on the heels of Erdogan's threat to expel, along with nine other Western envoys, France's ambassador to Ankara, as well as after the recent France-Greece strategic defence agreement.

France will give back 26 artworks, including royal thrones, ceremonial altars and revered statues to Benin later this month, part of France's long-promised plans to give back artwork taken from Africa during the colonial era.

Political journalist, essayist, writer and television analyst ric Zemmour surpassed far-right doyen Marine Le Pen in popularity, according to public opinion polls on presidential candidates, currently presenting himself as the main challenger to incumbent President Emmanuel Macron ahead of the April elections.

Turkey has slammed French President Emmanuel Macron over his remarks that described the 300-year rule of the Ottoman Empire as colonialism, saying that this "cheap approach" will not work for him in the upcoming elections.

As a reminder, the president is on a two-day visit to Slovenia, and he took part in the summit on Brdo near Kranj.

This is the biggest escalation of the conflict between the two countries in several years, according to Reuters.
A spokesman for the French army said that due to Algeria's decision, "there will be no major consequences" for its operation in the Sahel region.
Algeria recalled the ambassador to Paris on Sunday, citing comments by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Vui thanked Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed for visiting the Serbian pavilion.
"Yesterday we had 3.000 visits, Serbia was presented in a good way, through digital technologies," he pointed out.
President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, announced new drugs in the fight against coronavirus.

New data is created by the "Strategic Partnership for Cooperation in Defense and Security" between Greece and France, signed by Mitsotakis - Macron, in Paris.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis this morning announced an historic mutual assistance defence pact and the signing of a deal for Greece to buy Belharra frigates, which will substantially upgrade the force of the Hellenic Navy.