
France cancels Washington reception and tones down celebrations of US-French Revolutionary War victory amid submarine spat
CNN
Amid a rift over a new security agreement between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom, the French Embassy in Washington has canceled a Washington reception and toned down celebrations commemorating a Revolutionary War naval victory by the French that helped the US to win its independence.
The embassy said the celebrations have been made "more sober" and the reception planned for Friday at the ambassador's residence to mark the 240th anniversary of the Battle of the Capes has been called off. A reception on a frigate in Baltimore has also been downsized, a senior French official told CNN, who said the changes were "to make the people more comfortable."

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