The U.S. has been attempting to repair its relationship with France since the country declared a “crisis of trust” over the new Indo-Pacific security partnership known as AUKUS, which caused Australia to scrap a multibillion-dollar submarine contract with France.

France called the deal a “stab in the back” and recalled its ambassador to the U.S. for the first time in history.

Macron is now seeking concrete commitments from Biden to show that he’s committed to the U.S.-France relationship, including more support for France’s counterterrorism operations in Africa.

What they’re saying: “What we did was clumsy, it was not done with a lot of grace,” Biden said, calling France “an extremely, extremely valuable partner.”