As Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy touched down in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Saturday, cameras zoomed in on the plane: a French government-labelled military aircraft.
At times since Russia invaded Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron's diplomatic overtures have made some of his allies angry and wary of his intentions despite Paris providing substantial military and financial aid to Ukraine.
But on Friday as Zelenskyy first landed in Jeddah to address the Arab League, the French Airbus emblazoned with the tricolor flag marked an achievement for Macron.