Emmanuel Macron will urge Donald Trump to keep America engaged in Syria for the long run on Tuesday as the pair meet for face-to-face talks in the White House. 

The French president is expected to warn that new terrorist threats could emerge if the US disengages from the country as it remains locked in civil war. 

The White House has confirmed a “way ahead in Syria” will be discussed in what officials predicted will be a “full and free airing of points of view” with Mr Macron. 

America’s Syrian policy is up in the air as Mr Trump balances his instinctive opposition to foreign intervention with a determination to police a “red line” over chemical weapons use. 

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Mr Trump said last month that US troops would withdraw from Syria “very soon”, only to be convinced by advisers to stay for the time being to defeat the last remaining Isil fighters. 

Emmanuel Macron arrives in America, becoming the first world leader to enjoy a US state visit under Donald TrumpCredit:
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Then just weeks later the US president sanctioned air strikes on Syrian regime facilities alongside Britain and France to punish Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator, for a chemical weapons attack. 

Mr Macron, who arrived in Washington DC on Monday for a three-day state visit, was said to have played a central role in convincing Mr Trump to approve the strikes. 

Emmanuel Macron holds hands with wife Brigitte Macron as they arrive at Andrews Air Force BaseCredit:
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He has since lobbied for the US to remain for the long-term in Syria. Mr Macron said recently he had “convinced” Mr Trump “it was necessary to stay” – a comment pushed back by the White House. 

Mr Macron also used a Fox News interview on Sunday to declare that pulling out of Syria would “leave the floor to the Iranian regime” and Assad, adding: “They will fuel the new terrorists.”

The Macrons were scheduled to dine with the Trumps on Monday night at Mount Vernon, the home of George WashingtonCredit:
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The US president has repeatedly criticised US involvement in the Middle East, saying that America has got “nothing” from the trillions of pounds spent in the region in the last few decades. 

However he has boasted of outdoing his predecessor Barack Obama by responding with military force when the Assad regime crossed a “red line” over chemical weapons use. 

Mr Macron was due to have a private couples dinner with the Trumps at Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, America’s first president, on Monday night. 

Mr Macron and Mr Trump will have a one-on-one meeting in the Oval Office on Tuesday, followed by talks with a wider group of aides and then a press conference. 

He told Sud Radio: "It serves the interests of Mr Macron who loves all that shines. Red carpets suit him well. But what are the concrete results? Is it in France’s interests? That’s still a question that is out there.”

Benjamin Griveaux, the French government’s spokesman, played down the closeness of the relationship between Mr Trump and Mr Macron. 

“I don’t think they are buddies. The goal is not to have affectionate relations, but to establish some sort of personal connection,” he said.