French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed US President Joe Biden with full military honours at a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
A military choir and a band provided by the National Gendarmerie played as aircraft flew overhead.
The two leaders laid a wreath and held a minute of silence at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier which lies under the national monument in the centre of the French capital.
They are then to proceed to the Élysée Palace, escorted by the French cavalry, for bilateral talks. A state banquet is scheduled for the evening.
Source Agencies
