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00:30Macron's delegation includes the heads of France's biggest energy companies.
00:34And the war is having a huge impact on Qatar's gas shipments to France and to Europe.
00:39So the two countries are working together on re-opening unimpeded transports through the Strait of Hormuz.
00:45Qatar has been mediating between the US and Iran, trying to reach an agreement that would allow ships to move
00:51freely through the Strait again.
00:53And Macron's visit is bringing support to these efforts.
00:56The two leaders' agenda is also focusing on wider defence cooperation, investments and efforts to ease tensions in the region,
01:05as well as France's and the EU's strategic ties with the region.
01:08And back in France, after major protests and violence rattled the country,
01:13Macron is under pressure to prove that this trip makes a difference to the increasing French cost of living.
01:18According to Ilisei sources, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are set to supply France with additional diesel in the
01:27coming weeks.
01:28Mohamed El-Ashi, your news, Doha.
