After a dinner at the Elysée, to end a day of discussion around geopolitical or commercial issues, the French and Chinese presidents as well as their wives will go this Tuesday, May 7 to the Hautes-Pyrénées, to the Col du Tourmalet, a place dear to Emmanuel Macron, for a more informal day.
Chinese people await the arrival of their president
Even if he travels to France, Xi Jinping has a reception committee in the Hautes-Pyrénées. Chinese citizens are in fact waiting for the president at the foot of the Col du Tourmalet, flags and banners in hand, despite the wet and cool weather.
A Chinese delegation, with Chinese students in France, took up position in Campan to see Presidents Xi Xinping and Emmanuel Macron passing by who are going to have lunch at the Col du Tourmalet.
u27a1ufe0f https://t.co/i5XYdJnIR3 pic.twitter.com/nzoMJZVMhl— France Bleu Béarn Bigorre (@FB_BearnBigorre) https://twitter.com/FB_BearnBigorre/status/1787760628465049815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Snow at La Mongie
At La Mongie, where Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jinping are expected for lunch, the snowflakes have been falling since this morning, indicate our colleagues from La Dépêche.
Snowflakes have been falling since this morning in La Mongie (Hautes-Pyrénées) where Emmanuel Macron and #XiJinping go to lunch at midday with their wives. pic.twitter.com/IsCMWqbl5j
— La Dépêche du Midi (@ladepechedumidi) https://twitter.com/ladepechedumidi/status/1787767662585467255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The program
The Chinese president and his wife are expected at 11:40 a.m. at Tarbes-Lourdes airport . They should then arrive at 1 p.m. at the Col du Tourmalet, where they will have lunch with the Macron couple. They will leave from the same airport at 5 p.m.
