Daily Memo: France-Japan Meeting, Russia-Armenia Talks

Macron is in East Asia this week for a regional tour.

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Minerals cooperation. France and Japan signed a roadmap to cooperate on critical minerals during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Tokyo. The two countries also agreed to secure supplies for a rare earths refinery in southern France in which a Japanese state-owned firm is an investor. The refinery is due to begin operations later this […]

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