Macron comments on US pullout from Syria, Mattis
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(23 Dec 2018) French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he "deeply regrets" US President Donald Trump's decision to pull American troops out of Syria. Speaking at a news conference in Chad, Macron also praised US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who is one of two top aides to quit the White House in protest at Trump's decision "An ally should be reliable, coordinate with other allies. Mattis understood this," Macron told reporters in N'Djamena. Macron also reaffirmed French backing for a group of African anti-extremist forces and met with French soldiers deployed in the Sahel region with Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military mission. Idriss Deby, the President of Chad, said extremism had become "an epidemic on our planet and more particularly in the G5" referring to the five Sahel countries of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/fe2a0443e2dd8a17365b80c0f92889ac
