Former US President Bill Clinton arrived Monday at Saint-Sulpice Church to pay tribute to Jacques Chirac, who died Thursday at the age of 86. The Russian president will be waiting in honor of the head of the French state. it's a friendship and diplomatic message.
And there is a double message in the presence of Vladimir Putin in Paris today. First, obviously, the mark of friendship towards Jacques Chirac with whom he had forged solid relations, largely based on the French President's russophilia.
A last tribute to the one who, during 12 years, directed France. On Monday, several current and past foreign leaders went to the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris, for the solemn ceremony to honor the memory of Jacques Chirac, which will be chaired by Emmanuel Macron. Former US President Bill Clinton was welcomed by Edouard Philippe - the Trump administration sent, to represent it, the ambassador to France, Jamie McCourt.
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, whose family is close to the Chirac couple, was present, like former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Zapatero. The current head of the Belgian government, Charles Michel, was also seen, along with Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran until 1979. Congo's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, and former Afghan president Hamid Karzai also took place in the Saint-Sulpice church.
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