World News | Macron awards top US general France’s highest honor

PARIS, June 2 (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday awarded General Mark Milley, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, France’s highest honor, for his role in coordinating support for Ukraine. role and his more than 40-year military career in defense of democracy.

Milley, who is on his way to Normandy in France to attend ceremonies marking the 79th anniversary of the D-Day landings, is coming to the end of his four-year tenure as the top U.S. military officer and plans to retire when his presidency ends on Sept. 30.

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Macron awarded Millais the Commander of the Legion of Honor in a closed-door ceremony at the Elysee Palace, the presidential palace. Created by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, the order is awarded annually to about 2,000 citizens and about 300 foreigners for their defense of French values.

Milley called the award “an incredible honor from the nation of our oldest ally,” which has fought alongside the United States from the Battle of Yorktown through both world wars and most recently in Afghanistan, when French soldiers Sold alongside Milley during his tenure as commander of the U.S. Army. Commander in Afghanistan.

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In a statement announcing the award, Macron’s office said it would “recognize the strength and quality of the military partnership that unites our two countries, and General Millay’s outstanding role in that relationship.”

Earlier this year, Macron awarded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor for his country’s stand against Russian aggression.

Russian President Vladimir Putin received the award in 2006. Macron had considered stripping Putin of his honor, but said the decision “should be taken in due course”. (Associated Press)

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