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		</div><p>France’s president hosted China’s leader at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees on Tuesday for private meetings after a high-stakes state visit in Paris dominated by trade disputes and Russia’s war in Ukraine.</p>
<p>French President Emmanuel Macron made a point of inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Tourmalet Pass near the Spanish border, where Mr Macron spent time as a child visiting his grandmother.</p>
<p>It is meant to be a reciprocal gesture after Mr Xi took Mr Macron to the residence of the governor of Guangdong province last year, where the Chinese president’s father once lived.</p>
<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan with French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte at the Tourmalet pass in the Pyrenees mountains</p>
<figure id="attachment_182155" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-182155" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/E1A017A0-2C47-4820-BF6F-A863E798E19F.webp" alt="" width="640" height="427" class="size-full wp-image-182155" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-182155" class="wp-caption-text">Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan with French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte at the Tourmalet pass in the Pyrenees mountains</figcaption></figure>
<p>Snow coated nearby slopes after new snowfall overnight, and security was tightened around the area.</p>
<p>The winding roads up to the pass were blocked by authorities Tuesday for dozens of kilometres.</p>
<p>Foggy weather, falling snow and brisk winds obscured the view of the dramatic Tourmalet Pass.</p>
<p>Mr Macron and Mr Xi — together with their wives, Brigitte Macron and Peng Liyuan — visited a mountain restaurant.</p>
<p>Before lunch, protected from the elements by umbrellas, they watched a traditional folk dance performance on the terrace.</p>
<p>The leaders could be seen eating ham and blueberry pie, among other local specialities.</p>
<figure id="attachment_182156" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-182156" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CE9D55EC-BCD1-4287-87C5-C48201FD954D.webp" alt="" width="640" height="427" class="size-full wp-image-182156" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-182156" class="wp-caption-text">The French and Chinese leaders watched folklore dancers at the Tourmalet pass, in the Pyrenees mountains</figcaption></figure>
<p>Mr Macron presented Mr Xi with a yellow Tour de France jersey — with the Tourmalet Pass one of the most famous climbs of the race — a woollen blanket made in the Pyrenees and a bottle of Armagnac, French broadcaster BFMTV said.</p>
<p>The mountain meetings come after a grandiose state visit by Mr Xi on Monday that included a ceremonial welcome at the monument housing Napoleon’s tomb and a state dinner at the Elysee Palace with celebrities and magnates.</p>
<p>Mr Xi is on a trip to Europe aimed at reinvigorating relations at a time of global tensions.</p>
<p>He heads next to Serbia and Hungary.</p>
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