The presidents of the United States and France gave a press conference in Paris. VIDEO

French President Emmanuel Macron accepted Donald Trump on Thursday in Paris and held negotiations with him. Both performed before journalists. Today's press conference is the first meeting of Trump with journalists after the recent publication of information about the meeting of the president’s son with a Russian lawyer during the presidential campaign in 2016.

Emmanuel Macron, in his statement at a press conference, drew attention to the general positions and differences in the approaches of Paris and Washington to world problems. At the same time, the French President noted that on most questions between France and the USA there is close understanding.

Donald Trump emphasized the historical role of France in the assertion of the ideals of freedom. He drew attention to many years of friendship and allied between the two states, in particular, to the participation of the "thousands of French" in the war of the American states for independence from the UK.

The first question at the press conference concerned climate agreements-is there a probability of US returning to the number of participants in the Parisian agreements. Trump said he was studying the possibilities of developing US cooperation with other Parisian agreements. The US President also named other topics discussed with Macron, in particular, the theme of Ukraine. No specific details were called.

A question was asked regarding the meeting of Donald Trump - the youngest with a Russian lawyer. Trump said that the media inflated the details of this meeting, and again called his son, as in the past days, an honest young man who did not make anything important from the Russian lawyer - "a simple Russian lawyer, and not a government lawyer," Trump emphasized. However, in the correspondence published by the son of Trump, we are talking about a lawyer related to the Russian government. The lawyer Natalya Veselnitskaya, who has become the "hero" of these publications, in his interview denies such a connection.

Quote from Donald Trump's response at a press conference:

"My son is a wonderful young man. He met with a Russian lawyer. Not a government lawyer, but a Russian lawyer. It was a short meeting. It was a meeting that took place very, very fast. Two in the room-I believe that one of them came out almost immediately, and the second, it seemed, was not too focused on conversation.

From a practical point of view, most people would agree to participate in such a meeting

I think so: from a practical point of view, most people would agree to participate in such a meeting. This is called "the study of the point of view of opponents, or even the study of the opponent himself." I had many acquaintances - and I have only two years in politics - who turned to me with the words: "Listen, we have information about this fact, or this person, or, will be frank, about Hillary." This is a very ordinary thing in politics. Politics is not the most beautiful type of activity in the world. But this is a very standard situation when they have information, and you get this information. ”

In connection with the same issue, Macron confirmed that he adheres to “non -interference” in the US affairs (at that time Trump praised Macron: “This is very correct!”). Emmanuel Macron said that relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin are important, since they are important, in particular, to solve the Syrian problem.

At the press conference, the topic of the fight against terrorism and the situation in Syria was also affected. As for Bashar al -Assad, Macron noted, Paris intends to work tightly with all parties to achieve a strong political decision. The use of chemical weapons, emphasized Macron, is unacceptable.

On Thursday evening, according to Emmanuel Macron to journalists, both presidents will continue discussing issues started during official negotiations. This will happen, according to Macron, in an informal setting during dinner on the Eiffel Tower.

On Friday, Donald Trump will participate in celebrations on the occasion of the national festival of France-the day of the capture of the Bastille, as well as the 100th anniversary of the entry of American troops in the First World War. Both French and American military will participate in the annual parade.