President Donald Trump is holding talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris, ahead of events marking the end of World War One.
The pair are set to discuss issues including Iran, the conflicts in Syria and Yemen, climate change, and trade.
A day before the meeting, Mr Trump lashed out at his host for saying the EU needed a joint army to handle threats from the US, China and Russia.
Mr Trump branded the suggestion “very insulting” in an angry tweet.
Around 70 world leaders are gathering in Paris for events marking the Armistice that ended World War One, which was signed 100 years ago this Sunday.
President Macron has previously warned that Europeans can no longer rely on the US to defend them, and returned to the theme on Tuesday during a visit to the former Western Front in Verdun.”We have to protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia and even the United States of America,” he told French radio station Europe 1.
“Who is the main victim? Europe and its security. I want to build a real security dialogue with Russia, which is a country I respect, a European country – but we must have a Europe that can defend itself on its own without relying only on the United States.”
