World leaders mark 100 years since WWI Armistice in Paris
(VOVWORLD) - French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel have marked the centenary of the end of the First World War at special ceremony at Compiègne, in the woods north of Paris.
 Ms Merkel and Mr Macron attend ceremony at Compiègne ( Photo: EPA ) |
The two leaders embraced at the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at the site of the railway carriage where military leaders signed a ceasefire on 11 November 1918. 72 world leaders including US and Russian Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Sunday marked the centenary of the 1918 Armistice in the French capital.