Tag: France

Lebanese president, PM and parliament speaker express satisfaction with Saudi-French agreement (Najia Houssari, Arab News)

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has affirmed his government’s commitment to honoring its undertakings for reform. Mikati said that his joint phone call on Saturday...

President Macron’s visit to Saudi Arabia signals new era in French-Saudi cooperation (Arab News)

A joint statement covering a wide range of issues and the signing of a slew of agreements were the highlights of a visit to Saudi Arabia...

Macron wraps up Gulf tour in Saudi with MBS meeting (Al Jazeera)

French President Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his tour of the Gulf after a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler in Jeddah. The meeting with...

France signs $18B weapons deal with UAE (Barbara Surk, AP and Jon Gambrell, AP, Defense News)

France announced multibillion-euro deals Friday to sell fighter planes and combat helicopters to the United Arab Emirates, aiming to boost military cooperation with its...

UAE, France sign $18 bilion deal for 80 Rafale jets as Macron starts Gulf tour (AFP, AP, Arab News)

French President Emmanuel Macron met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed on Friday at the start of a two-day Gulf tour that...

Lavrov’s Leaks: Moscow Embarrasses Berlin and Paris in Negotiations Over Ukraine (Part Two) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

While Kyiv, Berlin and Paris pursue (with varying degrees of intensity, frantically in Kyiv’s case) a high-level “Normandy” meeting as a goal for its...

Lavrov’s Leaks: Moscow Embarrasses Berlin and Paris in Negotiations Over Ukraine (Part One) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Russian diplomacy is testing its rogue-state practices on its Western diplomatic counterparts, and finds them malleable. On November 17, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...

French parliament’s Taiwan resolution ‘conforms to US pressure, won’t have real impact on policy’ (Chen Qingqing and Xu Yelu, Global Times)

The Chinese Embassy in France voiced strong opposition to a resolution adopted by the French Assembly which encourages the participation of the island of...

Far-right figure Zemmour announces presidential run to ‘save’ France (Ingrid Melander, Reuters)

Far-right French pundit Eric Zemmour announced his candidacy for president on Tuesday with a video in which, to ominous music and footage of street violence,...

Croatia buys used Rafale fighters, as France eyes 12 new jets (Jaroslaw Adamowski, Defense News)

During French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Croatia last week, Defence Minister Mario Banožić and his French counterpart Florence Parly signed a deal under...

The New Franco-Italian Alliance in Europe (Melvyn B. Krauss, Project-Syndicate)

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and French President Emmanuel Macron are on track to sign a bilateral accord – the so-called Quirinale Treaty named after the Roman palace – designed...

Major Chinese-French wind power project in Jiangsu linked to grid (Global Times)

A major Chinese-French wind power project has been completed ahead of schedule and was fully connected to the power grid in Dongtai, East China's...

AUKUS partners must play catch-up to repair relations with France (Ramesh Thakur, The Strategist)

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is embroiled in a tussle with both French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Joe Biden which, given the power...

US, EU Join French President’s Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

The United States and the European Union have announced their commitment to a key international agreement on responsible behavior online, three years after French...

France hosts Libya conference ahead of polls in war-torn nation (Al Jazeera)

French President Emmanuel Macron hosts leaders and diplomats in Paris for an international conference on Friday aimed at ensuring Libya sticks to a plan...

Harris, Macron unveil new initiatives on space, cybersecurity after meeting (Morgan Chalfant, The Hill)

Vice President Harris on Wednesday announced new initiatives with France on space and cybersecurity following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. Harris, Macron unveil...