The President of the United States Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed to meet in Rome later this month, the White House announced. The statement added that Biden and Macron will meet in Rome later this month to continue their conversation on bilateral cooperation.

The agreement came during a phone discussion between the two leaders on Friday during which they also talked over efforts to support stability and security in the Sahel region in Africa, enhance cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and enable a more capable European defence, according to reports. The White House however did not provide a date of the meeting.

In a separate statement, the White House said Vice President Kamala Harris will visit France in November to meet Macron and participate in the Paris Conference on Libya on November 12. Harris' trip is seen as the Biden administration's continuing efforts to repair US-France relations, which suffered setbacks due to the controversial AUKUS nuclear submarine deal announced by Washington, the UK and Australia last month.

In mid-September, the U.K. and the United said they would support the Australian Navy in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines under the newly formed trilateral security pact, depriving France of an existing contract to provide 12 conventional submarines to Australia.

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