Emmanuel Macron

China has ordered the delivery of 183 Airbus A320 aircrafts, which 13 airlines need, French officials said after French President Emmanuel Macron ended his visit to the world's most populated country. The planes will be delivered in 2019 and 2020.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is one of two senior Turkish officials who have made or are making trips to European Union countries in what analysts say is a diplomatic offensive to reset relations with the 28-member bloc.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron oversaw the signing on Jan. 9 of business deals worth billions of dollars, seeking better trade ties even as France’s finance minister boasted of rejecting those investments he likened to “pillaging.”

 French President Emmanuel Macron called on Tuesday for a more coordinated European approach to trade with China during an official visit to Beijing.

Macron said that too often in the past, European countries had come to China with widely varying agendas with some seeking more openness and others wary of more granting more access to their markets.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic received new French Ambassador Frederic Mondoloni on Friday, noting the significance of French President Emmanuel Macron's upcoming visit to Serbia.

Mondoloni said he had come to Serbia with a clear mandate from the French president and that it was development of all forms of bilateral cooperation.

French President Emmanuel Macron urged Europe Jan. 8 to take part in China’s Silk Road revival plan, despite some European misgivings about the massive project, as he began a state visit.

France registered a record number of asylum requests in 2017, when Albanians topped the list despite far slimmer prospects of obtaining refugee status than people from war-torn places such as Syria or Afghanistan.

Emmanuel Macron said China and Europe should work together on Beijing's One Belt - One Time initiative. The aim is to build a modern "silk road", but it can not be "one-way" according to the French president, Reuters reported.

French President Emmanuel Macron led a somber tribute on Jan. 7 to the 17 victims of attacks in Paris three years ago that marked the first of a wave of deadly Islamist assaults in France.

Depending on who you ask in Europe, China’s colossal East-West infrastructure program is either an opportunity or a threat - and when French President Emmanuel Macron visits this week, Beijing will be watching to see how keen he is to jump on board.