France to US: Do not withdraw from Afghanistan or Iraq

The French Foreign Minister announced that he will inform his US counterpart, Mike Pompeo, during his visit to France next Monday that the United States should not leave Iraq and Afghanistan with the increase in militant activity.

France to US: Do not withdraw from Afghanistan or Iraq
13 November, 2020   07:31
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On Friday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that France will make clear to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a visit to Paris next week that it opposes a unilateral US withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq in light of the war against Islamic militancy, according to Reuters.

Jean-Yves Le Drian and President Emmanuel Macron are due to meet Pompeo, on Monday, in the French capital.