PARIS — Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette met with French President Emmanuel Macron on the Élysée Palace in Paris on Monday as a part of a mission targeted on financial co-operation with France.
Forward of their assembly, Macron instructed the press that Quebec can contribute in “a number of areas”, together with analysis, synthetic intelligence and technique.
He added that “Quebec is all the time welcome.”
Earlier within the day, Fréchette additionally met with French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu at Matignon, the place discussions targeted on deepening co-operation between Quebec and France.
She additionally participated in a roundtable on the Quebec delegation in Paris with French officers and enterprise leaders targeted on important and strategic minerals. Fréchette described Quebec as a “trusted associate” for France and Europe within the sector and highlighted its “main strengths” in important minerals.
She famous that Quebec has entry to key sources in its territory, including that it holds 28 important and strategic minerals and a big share of Canada’s provide.
Fréchette additionally mentioned the province desires to develop the sector in a sustainable and accountable method, supported by its clear power base.
The talks come as Europe prepares to considerably enhance defence spending, whereas Quebec seeks to place itself to learn from the rising wave of defence-related funding.
Fréchette is in France on her second worldwide mission and is scheduled to stay within the nation till Wednesday.
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