FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron is seen at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and stressed that the Renault-Nissan RENA.PA7201.T alliance should be preserved, following Chairman Carlos Ghosn's arrest in Tokyo, an Elysee official said on Friday.

During a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a G20 gathering of global leaders in Argentina, Abe told Macron that “the legal process must be allowed to take its course”, the French official said.

“For his part, (Macron) restated his firm wish that the alliance should be preserved, along with the stability of the group,” he added after the talks in Buenos Aires.