US and French Foreign Ministers: The Taliban must live up to its commitments

According to the US State Department, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who is in Paris, met with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday.
Blinken also traveled to Paris in June, but is now in France again to ease tensions and rebuild trust in Washington-Paris relations following the Agus crisis, this time with a cold reception from French officials. Is.
Blinken met with French counterpart Joe Biden and US and French Presidents Emmanuel Macron in a phone call on September 22 to agree to maintain close consultations between the two countries.
According to the statement, they agreed to continue to work closely on Afghanistan and stressed the need for the Taliban to abide by its commitments.
Blinken and Loudrian also discussed areas of close co-operation and co-ordination, including in the Indo-Pacific region and the coastal region. The NATO alliance emphasized US support for European security plans and the climate crisis.
On his Twitter account, the US Secretary of State described his talks with his French counterpart as constructive and wrote that he had a constructive conversation with the French Foreign Minister to address common economic and development challenges, including regional issues in the Indo-Pacific, the coast and Afghanistan.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has traveled to France to attend a meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris to try to reduce the Elysee Palace’s dissatisfaction with the US submarine agreement with Australia.
Blinken will be in France from October 4 to 6, and in Mexico from October 7 to 8, and will chair the CIS Council of Ministers meeting in Paris on the 60th anniversary of its founding. He respects himself.
The Secretary of State will be accompanied by John Kerry, the US Special Representative for Climate Change, the US Trade Representative, the Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council and the Deputy Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment.
In a video conference from the White House with the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and Australia on September 25, US President Joe Biden announced a new security-military partnership called AUKUS between the three countries, and said that the partnership was about investing in It is our greatest source of power.
Reacting to Washington’s move, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called the Agus deal “cruel” and a “dagger in the back”, adding: “This unpleasant, unilateral and unpredictable decision reminds me of many of Trump’s actions.
France recalled its ambassadors from the United States and Australia in protest of the agreement, and canceled a ceremony to honor its relationship with the United States.
A new tripartite security agreement between the United States, Britain and Australia called the Agus has deprived the French government of a $ 90 billion military deal.
During his visit to France, Blinken is now reassuring his European ally that Paris remains an important part of Washington’s strategy to maintain safety and security in the Pacific and Indian Orient, despite the withdrawal from the submarine sale agreement to Australia.