![Chinese leader Xi visits the French Pyrenees in a personal gesture by Macron WFTV [Video]](https://europenewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mp_1023421_0_54W2JCSLP5SDFGX22I7OM55SLEjpg.jpg)
TOURMALET PASS, France — (AP) — 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.
French President Emmanuel Macron made a point of inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Tourmalet Pass near the Spanish border, where Macron spent time as a child visiting his grandmother. It is meant to be a reciprocal gesture after Xi took Macron last year to the residence of the governor of Guangdong province, where the Chinese president’s father once lived.
Snow coated nearby slopes after new snowfall overnight, and security was tightened around the area. The winding roads up to the pass were blocked by authorities Tuesday for dozens of kilometers.
Foggy weather, falling snow and brisk winds obscured the view of the dramatic Tourmalet Pass. Macron and Xi — together with their wives, Brigitte Macron and …
![Two on board Iran President Raisi’s crashed helicopter contacted rescuers [Video]](https://europenewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mp_1044454_0_1716143651503nwittbrkpasscontacted2405191920x1080ipvlr3jpg.jpg)
![Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury by split decision to become first undisputed heavyweight champion in 24 years WSOC TV [Video]](https://europenewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mp_1042948_0_6KWKKWMSMTAJT36T5S7CI5ZWUEjpg.jpg)
![Thousands flee northeast Ukraine as Russia presses renewed border assault – National [Video]](https://europenewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mp_1031962_0_CP171268709jpg.jpg)
![In Kharkiv, Zelensky says military situation ‘extremely difficult’ but ‘under control’ • FRANCE 24 [Video]](https://europenewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mp_1039205_0_0jpg.jpg)