PICTORIAL: Tinubu, Macron Hold Private Lunch Meeting At Élysée Palace

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President Bola Tinubu, connected Wednesday, held a backstage moving luncheon with French President Emmanuel Macron astatine the Élysée Palace successful Paris, arsenic his 10-day moving permission entered its 5th day.

Photographs released by the State House showed the 2 leaders exchanging a lukewarm handshake earlier proceeding into the palace.

Tinubu is presently connected the 2nd tranche of his yearly leave, which helium is spending betwixt France and the United Kingdom. Wednesday’s engagement marks his seventh sojourn to Paris since assuming bureau successful May 2023, and his archetypal since attending the BRICS acme successful Brazil and the Tokyo International Conference connected African Development (TICAD9) successful Japan earlier this year.

So acold successful 2025, the President has embarked connected 15 planetary trips crossed 11 countries, including summits, bilateral meetings, authorities visits, statesmanlike inaugurations, and authoritative leaves.

His diplomatic itinerary began connected January 6 with a travel to Accra, Ghana, for the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama. Ten days later, helium was successful the United Arab Emirates for the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Summit, wherever helium besides met with Gulf investors and officials connected commercialized and vigor cooperation.

Other engagements person included the Africa Heads of State Energy Summit successful Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (January 27–28), the 37th African Union Summit successful Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (February), and aggregate moving visits to France and the UK.

Recall that successful May, Tinubu travelled to Vatican City to be the historical inauguration of Pope Leo XIV, earlier proceeding successful June to Saint Lucia, wherever helium addressed CARICOM leaders during a landmark authorities visit. He besides attended the BRICS Summit successful Rio de Janeiro successful July and TICAD successful Yokohama, Japan, aboriginal that month, wherever helium held bilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida connected maritime information and integer infrastructure.

The President has besides made 2 stopovers successful the UAE this year, the astir caller successful August en way to Japan. In September, helium returned to the UK and France for a moving vacation, marking his 3rd sojourn to Paris successful 2025.