Trump to Snub Macron’s ‘Peace Forum’ on Armistice Weekend

• Trump to Snub Macron’s ‘Peace Forum’ on Armistice Weekend
  by AFP, https://www.thelocal.fr/
  US President Donald Trump will not attend a conference organised in Paris this weekend to discuss democracy and multilateralism, organisers said Thursday, in a snub to French President Emmanuel Macron.
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  Trump is due in the French capital along with around 70 other world leaders for a ceremony on the Champs-Elysees on Sunday to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Dozens of leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Germany’s Angela Merkel, are then expected to attend the opening of the inaugural Paris Peace Forum, which Macron will host.
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  Ending uncertainty about whether the US leader would participate, chief organiser Justin Vaisse confirmed to AFP on Thursday that Trump would not attend. Earlier this week, Vaisse had played down the importance of his presence — while explaining why Trump might not have found the agenda to his liking.
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  “The aim of the forum is to show that there are lots of forces in the international system — states, NGOs, Foundations, intellectuals, companies — who believe we need a world of rules, an open world and a multilateral world,” he said.
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