British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was welcomed to Paris by French President Emmanuel Macron before the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, BNR reported.
He arrived from Berlin, where he met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as part of his tour to restart relations with the EU after Brexit.
The official part of Starmer's visit to France begins today, but he has already been received by Macron at the Elysee Palace, after which he also attended the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in the French capital.
Earlier in Berlin, the Prime Minister said the new bilateral UK-German cooperation agreement being drawn up would help to "deliver results for working people and deepen ties in areas such as defence, security, science, technology, business and the culture". Starmer's goal is to stimulate the economy and trade after Brexit.
However, Keir Starmer has been criticized for a lack of ambition in his bid to restore relations with the EU after rejecting the idea of free movement for under-30s and rejoining the Erasmus student programme. even before the talks start.
Although Starmer has described renegotiating some aspects of Brexit as a "once-in-a-generation opportunity", there are concerns that he is unwilling to be flexible on a proposal such as youth mobility, which is strongly supported in the EU, according to political observers on the Island.