Africa Business Radio

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says France remains a vital partner to the United States on many issues as he sought to allay Paris’s anger at a security partnership between the US, the United Kingdom and Australia that did not include the European Union country.Blinken says the US is looking to find every opportunity to deepen cooperation with France, including in the Indo-Pacific region.The top US diplomat stressed the importance of the alliance between the US and France.He says that France is a vital partner on so many other things which stretch back a long time but also stretching forward into the future.