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Albania, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US condemn the growing number of state threats from Iranian intelligence services in our respective territories.
We are united in our opposition to the attempts of Iranian intelligence services to kill, kidnap, and harass people in Europe and North America in clear violation of our sovereignty. These Services are increasingly collaborating with international (…)

France condemns in the strongest possible terms the massive airstrikes against Ukrainian cities that once again targeted civilian infrastructure and resulted in numerous casualties. According to preliminary reports, last night's Russian airstrikes in Kyiv left 7 dead and 44 injured.
These attacks reflect a deliberate strategy of military escalation and are intended to sow fear among the Ukrainian population. They are taking place regardless of the ultimatum that President Trump gave Russia (…)

The Anna Politkovskaya-Arman Soldin Prize for Courage in Journalism will be awarded for the third time in early November 2025, to coincide with the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, established in 2013 by the United Nations at France's initiative, in memory of French journalists Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, assassinated in Mali.
The aim of this prize is to distinguish the work of journalists and photojournalists committed to carrying out their (…)

Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot met yesterday with UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the occasion of the International Conference on the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia. The Conference was held at UN headquarters in New York on July 28 and 29.
The Minister reviewed the situation in the Middle East. He reiterated France's commitment to the two-State solution, with Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace (…)

We, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Andorra, Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia and Spain,
Condemn the heinous and antisemitic terrorist attack of October 7th, 2023;
Demand an immediate ceasefire, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages of Hamas, including the remains, as well as ensuring unhindered humanitarian access;
Reiterate our unwavering commitment to the vision of the (…)

After three weeks of negotiations, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) concluded the 30th session of its Assembly and Council in Kingston, Jamaica.
As it did at the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, France called on other nations to join the coalition to adopt, at the very least, a precautionary pause on deep-sea mining. Croatia agreed to join the coalition, thereby becoming the 38th nation to support a precautionary pause or moratorium.
France once again (…)

France was deeply saddened to learn of the murder of Odeh Hathalin,who represented the village of Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta Valley and was a colleague of Yuval Abraham, winner of the Anna Politkovskaya – Arman Soldin Prize for Courage in Journalism.
France condemns this murder in the strongest possible terms, along with all the violence that extremist settlers are deliberately inflicting on the Palestinian population and which is spreading throughout the West Bank. Kafr Malik and (…)

France co-chaired the conference on the implementation of the two-state solution on 28 and 29 July 2025. Find below the opening speech of Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs during the plenary session of the Conference:
New York, 28 July 2025
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Secretary-General,
President of the General Assembly,
Prime Ministers,
Ministers,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Having learned the lessons of its history, stained with the blood of fratricidal wars, and true to the principles on (…)

France welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire in force from the evening of Monday 28 July, and the resumption of dialogue between Cambodia and Thailand following the meeting between the two countries' prime ministers in Malaysia on 28 July. It calls for the ceasefire to be implemented effectively.
France pays tribute Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's mediation role under the Malaysian presidency of ASEAN and reaffirms its commitment to ASEAN's central role in resolving regional disputes.
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On July 24, France joined 40 other OSCE participating States in invoking the organization's Moscow Mechanism, which is aimed at investigating the human rights situation in participating States.
They did so in order to investigate the Russian Federation's treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war. For more than three years now, Russia has waged a war of aggression against Ukraine in violation of international law, the founding principles of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in (…)