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On December 15, 2025, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs took part in a Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels.
Regarding Ukraine, the Minister insisted on the importance of an EU contribution to security guarantees for Ukraine. He recalled our desire for an agreement to be reached as soon as possible on financial support for Ukraine, as well as the need to increase pressure on Russia with a 20th sanctions package. The Minister applauded the adoption of new sanctions that (…)

On 5 December 2025, the United Kingdom joined the Defence Export Control Agreement, which since 2021 has included France, Germany and Spain.
We welcome this integration, which contributes to strengthening industrial cooperation between partners in the defence sector. The agreement also aims to reduce the administrative burden on the control of exports of defence-related products in order to ensure the success of their joint programmes and to facilitate industrial partnerships between the (…)

France was deeply saddened to learn of the death of our follow citizen, Dan Elkayam, during the horrific terrorist attack in Sydney on the first night of Hanukkah.
France expresses its deep shock and offers its sympathies to the victims, the injured and their loved ones. We share the Australian people's pain and assure them of our total solidarity.
France reaffirms its strong, unwavering commitment to combating the scourge of anti-Semitic hatred wherever it poses a (…)

France condemns in the strongest possible terms the December 13th drone attack on the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in Kadugli, which claimed the lives of six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and left eight wounded.
France offers its condolences to the deceased soldiers' families and loved ones and to the Bangladeshi authorities. We also wish those who were wounded a speedy recovery. Those responsible for this attack must be identified and held accountable.
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France condemns in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack on American military and civilian personnel near Palmyra, which resulted in several casualties among U.S. personnel and members of the Syrian security forces.
France offers its condolences to the victims' families and wishes those wounded a speedy recovery. We express our solidarity with the American authorities, with whom we serve in the Global Coalition against Daesh, and with the Syrian transitional authorities.
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France welcomes the release of 123 prisoners in Belarus, including several political prisoners – among them Maria Kolesnikova, Viktar Babaryka and Nobel Peace Laureate Ales Bialiatski – as well as individuals of other nationalities, thanks to U.S. mediation.
France calls for maintaining this momentum, with an end to political sentencing and imprisonment and a guarantee of respect for the fundamental rights of all Belarusians, consistent with Belarus's international commitments.
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Thirty years ago, on 14 December 1995, France hosted the signing in Paris of the Dayton peace accords, which ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), the bloodiest conflict on European soil in the second half of the 20th century.
The accords marked the end of huge suffering, a policy of ethnic cleansing, the longest siege in modern history in Sarajevo, systematic crimes against civilians and a genocide in Srebrenica. The accords laid the foundations for the return to peace that (…)

France expresses its deepest concern over the escalation in clashes between Thailand and Cambodia. We commend the efforts by the Malaysian Chair of ASEAN for the resumption of peaceful dialogue between the two countries. France supports the call by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for an immediate ceasefire and keenly encourages both parties to end the fighting without delay and resume dialogue, in keeping with the provisions of the Kuala Lumpur Peace Declaration, to find a peaceful resolution (…)

France expresses its deepest concern over the escalation in clashes between Thailand and Cambodia. We commend the efforts by the Malaysian Chair of ASEAN for the resumption of peaceful dialogue between the two countries. France supports the call by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for an immediate ceasefire and keenly encourages both parties to end the fighting without delay and resume dialogue, in keeping with the provisions of the Kuala Lumpur Peace Declaration, to find a peaceful resolution (…)

Minister Delegate for Europe Benjamin Haddad attended a meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission for the Strengthening of Cross-Border Cooperation (CIG) in Luxemburg on December 11. He hailed the progress made possible by this format. He also expressed his wish to continue joint efforts toward ever more ambitious goals.
At the opening of the meeting, he emphasized that France was doing its utmost to simplify the daily lives of those living along our borders. While underscoring the (…)