France's Macron meets Belgian prime minister, Turkish president ahead of NATO summit

Record ID: 876901

  • Title: France's Macron meets Belgian prime minister, Turkish president ahead of NATO summit
  • Date: 25th May 2017
  • Summary: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (MAY 25, 2017) (AGENCY POOL) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, AND TURKISH PRESIDENT, RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, TAKING THEIR SEATS, FRENCH AND TURKISH FLAGS, OTHER MINISTERS AND MEDIA PRESENT, MACRON AND ERDOGAN TALKING, AIDES TALKING TO MACRON MACRON AND ERDOGAN SAT, SECURITY GESTURING TO END MEDIA ACCESS BLACK CAR, SECURITY, MACRON AND BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER, CHARLES MICHEL, EXITING CAR, WALKING TO EGMONT PALACE ENTRANCE MACRON AND MICHEL SHAKING HANDS ON DOORSTEP, WAVING, AND ENTERING PALACE BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, DIDIER REYNDERS, AND FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER, JEAN-YVES LE DRIAN APPROACHING AND ENTERING PALACE BELGIAN DEFENCE MINISTER, STEVEN VANDEPUT, AND FRENCH DEFENCE MINISTER, SYLVIE GOULARD, APPROACHING AND ENTERING EGMONT PALACE CAMERAMEN AT WORK OUTSIDE
  • Embargoed: 8th June 2017 12:28
  • Keywords: NATO Belgium Turkey Erdogan Michel Macron
  • Location: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
  • City: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
  • Country: Belgium
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016IC7M87
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: French president Emmanuel Macron held a series of bilateral meetings in Brussels on Thursday (May 25) before heading to a NATO meeting at the new headquarters on the outskirts of the city.
    Macron met with Belgian prime minister Charles Michel, as well as Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at a time when relations between the EU and Turkey have been put under strain following a series of recent rows over referendum campaigning by Turkish politicians in Europe, EU accession talks, as well as human rights and democracy concerns in the strategic Middle Eastern ally state.
    Macron was also expected to later have lunch with U.S. president Donald Trump during the coinciding visits to Brussels, representing Macron's first time meeting the American leader as the recently-instated French Head of State, as well as with most other NATO leaders.
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