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On the second commemoration of Alexei Navalny's death in a Russian penal colony, we once again express our deepest condolences to his family. We underline that the Russian authorities remain solely responsible. The February 3rd judgement by the European Court of Human Rights furthermore underlined that Russia bears responsibility for the inhuman and degrading treatment of Navalny in detention and for the lack of adequate response to his requests. Especially given recent findings published by (…)

Two years after the death in prison of Russian political opposition figure Alexei Navalny on 16 February 2024, France once again pays tribute to his commitment to a free, democratic Russia.
France holds the Russian authorities fully responsible for Alexei Navalny's death and calls for an independent, in-depth investigation to be conducted to shed full light on the circumstances of his tragic end.
It also continues to deplore the sentencing a year ago of Alexei Liptser (five years' (…)

France welcomes the agreement by the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi, for the implementation of a ceasefire as proposed by Angola to all the warring parties.
France also emphasizes the importance of implementing the Washington Accords of 4 December 2025 in every aspect, and calls on all the parties to honour their commitments. France will continue to make every effort to ensure that the momentum for peace created by these accords, by the Doha (…)

The UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands are confident that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin.
This is the conclusion of our Governments based on analyses of samples from Alexei Navalny. These analyses have conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine.
Epibatidine is a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America. It is not found naturally in Russia.
Russia claimed that Navalny died of natural causes. But given the toxicity of epibatidine and reported (…)

The Foreign Ministers of France, Canada, Italy, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, met on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference for the first time under the 2026 French G7 Presidency. This informal meeting, the first of the Foreign Affairs track, was an opportunity for the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Mr Jean-Noël Barrot, to present the key priorities of the French G7 Presidency (…)

France offers its condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims of Cyclones Fytia and Gezani.
We stand shoulder to shoulder with Madagascar's people and government, and are continuing to dispatch relief supplies and experts in order to respond to the emergency.
This support is made possible by the decisive action of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs' Crisis and Support Center, as well as government agencies based in Reunion (…)

Dairy products: a lowering of Chinese tariffs remains inadequate in view of the challenges facing our industry
We note the conclusions published by the Chinese authorities yesterday, leading to the introduction of definitive tariffs on the European dairy industry ranging from 7.4% to 11.7%, when provisional, much higher levels – between 21.9% and 42.7% – had been envisaged in December 2025. These measures relate to a volume of trade estimated at nearly €430 million.
These tariffs continue to (…)

France takes note of the end of the Transitional Presidential Council's mandate on February 7, in line with the political agreement of April 3, 2024. It applauds the orderly transition of executive power from President Laurent Saint-Cyr to the Cabinet of Ministers, led by Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.
It encourages the Haitian government to continue strengthening the Haiti National Police and Haitian Armed forces and to step up efforts to combat criminal gangs and their means of (…)

On February 10, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot met with the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Mattias Guyomar, in Strasbourg. He applauded the work carried out by Mr. Guyomar since his election as President of the Court in May 2025, an election that was a credit to the French judiciary's tradition of excellence.
The Minister reiterated France's full support for the court's independence and authority. He stressed the Court's fundamental role in protecting (…)

France strongly condemns the Israeli security cabinet's decisions aimed at expanding Israel's control over the West Bank, particularly Areas A and B. These decisions are contrary to international law and represent a dangerous challenge to the Oslo Accords and the Hebron Protocol.
These measures, along with the approval of the E1 project and the publication of a tender for that project, are fueling momentum for annexing the West Bank and as such, represent a serious attack on the two-state (…)