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| Mayor of London Sadiq Khan calls for greater Paris ties | Mayor of London Sadiq Khan calls for greater Paris ties |
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| Sadiq Khan called for greater ties between London and Paris as he visited the French capital for his first official foreign trip as mayor. | |
| Mr Khan was greeted by his Parisian counterpart Anne Hidalgo at Gare du Nord for talks about post-Brexit business opportunities. | Mr Khan was greeted by his Parisian counterpart Anne Hidalgo at Gare du Nord for talks about post-Brexit business opportunities. |
| "We have much to gain from working even closer together," he said. | "We have much to gain from working even closer together," he said. |
| Ms Hidalgo said the two capitals enjoy a "win-win partnership that has to be made even stronger". | Ms Hidalgo said the two capitals enjoy a "win-win partnership that has to be made even stronger". |
| Addressing French business leaders, Mr Khan said London was "open to trade, open for new business ventures and collaborations, open to new ideas, new talent and people". | |
| He and Ms Hidalgo also held discussions about cutting air pollution during a visit to the Paris Plage, a traffic-free city beach along the Seine. | |
| Paris recently introduced car-free days on the first Sunday of each month and has closed roads in the capital to cut traffic emissions. | |
| London's mayor previously announced plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street by 2020 as part of his plans to cut pollution. | |
| He also took part in a wreath-laying ceremony as part of the commemoration of the liberation of Paris in World War Two. |