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PF: Xi and Macron’s aircraft at Pyrenees and arrived about 4 hours ago
Chinese leader Xi visits the French Pyrenees in a personal gesture by Macron
France’s president hosted China’s leader at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees on Tuesday for private meetings after a high-stakes state visit in Paris dominated by trade disputes and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron made a point of inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Tourmalet Pass near the Spanish border, where Macron spent time as a child visiting his grandmother. It is meant to be a reciprocal gesture after Xi took Macron last year to the residence of the governor of Guangdong province, where the Chinese president’s father once lived.
Snow coated nearby slopes after new snowfall overnight, and security was tightened around the area. The winding roads up to the pass were blocked by authorities Tuesday for dozens of kilometers.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/chinese-leader-xi-visits-french-pyrenees-personal-gesture-109995479
Chinese AF CCA005 747Xi Jinpingon ground at Tarbes Lordes Pyrenees Intl Airport from Paris Orly depart and ground 4h ago
French AF CTM001 A330Macronon ground at same