00:00French President Emmanuel Macron began a two-day visit to the UK on Wednesday with a major highlight,
00:07opening the preview of the exhibition dedicated to the Bayeux Tapestry, which Paris has loaned to the British Museum for
00:14ten months.
00:16Macron, who was welcomed by King Charles and met with the new Prime Minister Andy Bonham,
00:21held what he called the quote,
00:23gesture of friendship between the two nations for a history that continues to be written.
00:29If anyone remembers what we did here today decades, or even centuries from now,
00:34I would like to believe that they will remember not only the story told by Bayeux Tapestry,
00:40but also the tale of two countries, which after centuries of shared history,
00:48choose to forge a bond as close as the threads of this thousand-year-old embroidery.
00:55Long live culture. Long live the friendship between France and the United Kingdom.
01:00The French President is the second foreign leader to be received by the new UK head of government.
01:06After years of unsteady bilateral relations, Paris and London have in recent times been demonstrating
01:13renewed cooperation on several issues. Some of the issues include support for Ukraine,
01:19combating illegal crossings of the English Channel by migrants,
01:22and a continued rapprochement between the UK and the EU ten years after Brexit.
01:29December 2015
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