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Tensions between France and Azerbaijan have intensified amid allegations of Azerbaijani involvement in stirring unrest in New Caledonia.

TARBES, France (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Pyrenees mountains on Tuesday on the second day of a trip during which Xi showed little sign of being ready to offer major concessions on trade or foreign policy. Macron and his wife, Brigitte, who greeted Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at the Tarbes-Lourdes Pyrenees airport in windy, cold weather, took them to have lunch in the mountains dear to Macron as the birthplace of his maternal grandmother. Advisers to the French president described the Pyrenees trip as breaking with protocol for a...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday was to host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at one of his beloved childhood haunts in the Pyrenees mountains, seeking to press a message to Beijing not to support Russia's war against Ukraine and to accept fairer trade.

Advisers to the French President described the meeting as breaking with protocol for a chance for one-on-one direct chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping, without scores of aide on either side

With nearly 50 million eligible voters and more than 80 seats, France has a bigger say in choosing the next European parliament than any other country except Germany. As EU elections approach, RFI looks…