France unveils mini Statue of Liberty in US capital

PARIS  - A second miniature version of the Statue of Liberty has found a second home in Washington D.C., nearly 135 years after the iconic monument was unveiled in New York harbor.

During a visit to the US, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian inaugurated the bronze statue on Wednesday for the French national holiday, Bastille Day, alongside American Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on the premises of the French ambassador’s official residence in Washington. Le Drian said the values of the Republic are once again shared with France’s American ally with the arrival of another Statue of Liberty.