REPLAY: French president addresses fuel supplies during Gulf tour
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he had secured the delivery of an additional 200,000 tonnes of diesel per month from the United Arab…
France 24 reports: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he had secured the delivery of an additional 200,000 tonnes of diesel per month from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
He is currently in Doha as part of a tour of the Gulf. "We are reducing our dependency" he said whilst speaking to the press on October 21.
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