French President Emmanuel Macron is at the White House meeting with President Donald Trump as the U.S. is seeking an end of the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump welcomed France's President Emmanuel Macron with a very long handshake before entering the White House.

Macron, who has built a cordial rapport with Trump, was the first European leader to visit him since the beginning of his second term on January 20. The French leader’s visit came at a time of growing public tensions between Europe and the US, especially over the continent’s security and over the fate of Ukraine in its war against Russia.