Diplomatic

• > Oklahoma Tornado (21.05.2013)

  

  President Hollande expresses, on behalf of France, his wholehearted solidarity with the United States following the terrible tornado that hit (...)

• > Bestowal of the Legion of Honor upon Dr. Joseph Parello (30.04.2013)

  

  As a representative of France and Science in the United States, on behalf of the Ambassador of France in Washington, and of the Consul General in (...)

• > Explosions in Boston (16.04.2013)

  

  Communiqué from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson

• > French Navy Ship “Monge” to make a port call in Charleston, April (...) (28.03.2013)

  

  The French Navy Advanced Range Instrumentation Ship “Monge” will make a port call to the Columbus Street terminal Berth # 5, at the Port of (...)

• > France to honor Dr. Joseph Parello and Chef Roger Michel (28.03.2013)

  

  Dr. Joseph Parello, Visiting Scholar at Vanderbilt University-Department of Pharmacology, and Chef Roger Michel, Head Chef of the Westin Hotel in (...)

• > John Kerry Makes Official Visit to Paris (27.02.2013)

  

  On Mr Kerry’s first visit to France since his appointment, the discussions allowed us to talk about the whole range of bilateral and transatlantic (...)

• > Nicole Bricq for a free trade agreement between the European Union and the (...) (25.02.2013)

  

  “I want a meaningful agreement that will be a source of opportunities for our companies on the American market and will create jobs on French (...)

• > Warren Hill: European Union statement (19.02.2013)

  

  The European Union has learned that Mr Warren Lee Hill is facing execution in the State of Georgia in the week beginning February 18th, 2013. (...)

• > President Hollande Hosts U.S. Vice President Biden in Paris (06.02.2013)

  

  "Ladies and Gentlemen, I was delighted to welcome Mr. Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States, to Paris. I want to assure him of our (...)

• > Nicole Kruse awarded the National Order of Merit Medal (24.01.2013)

  

  Speech by Consul General Denis Barbet awarding Nicole Kruse with the National Order of Merit Medal - Atlanta, 01/23/2013.

• > Mali: Statement by President François Hollande (15.01.2013)

  

  France – at the request of the President of Mali and in compliance with the Charter of the United Nations – has committed herself to supporting the (...)

• > Appointment of John Kerry as U.S. Secretary of State (26.12.2012)

  

  Statement by Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. Paris, December 21 2012.

• > Shooting in Connecticut (17.12.2012)

  

  I was horrified to learn of today’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut. In this painful moment for the United States, (...)

• > Presidential elections in the US (08.11.2012)

  

  Letter of congratulations from President Hollande to President Obama

• > Nobel Peace Prize (15.10.2012)

  

  It is a huge honour for the Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded to the European Union. Through this distinction, every European can feel proud to (...)

• > Campaign for the abolition of the death penalty (10.10.2012)

  

  Joint call for the abolition of the death penalty (October 10, 2012). This call to abolish the death penalty has been signed by the following (...)

• > 67th United Nations General Assembly (26.09.2012)

  

  This is the first time that I have spoken at this forum at the United Nations. It’s with some emotion that I do so because I’m aware of what the UN (...)

• > Death of the United States Ambassador to Libya (12.09.2012)

  

  Communiqué issued by the Presidency of the French Republic: I utterly condemn the attack in Benghazi yesterday evening, which claimed the lives of (...)

• > France Assumes Presidency of U.N. Security Council (10.08.2012)

  

  On August 1, France assumed the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council and will lead efforts within the international organization to (...)

• > French General to Assume NATO Leadership at Norfolk (08.08.2012)

  

  In an announcement on Monday, August 6, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) named French Air Force General Jean-Paul Paloméros the next (...)

• > Laurent Fabius: "Bashar al-Assad will fall" (26.07.2012)

  

  Reply by M. Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to a question in the National Assembly. Paris, July 24 (...)

• > France/Turkey - Turkey agenda – Armenian genocide (11.07.2012)

  

  First of all I want to tell you how pleased I am to welcome to the Quai d’Orsay my friend Ahmet Davutoğlu, Foreign Minister of Turkey, a great (...)

• > Meeting between M. François Hollande, President of the Republic, and Mrs (...) (09.07.2012)

  

  President Hollande had a meeting this afternoon with the United States Secretary of State, Mrs Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was taking part in the (...)

• > Action Group for Syria final communiqué (03.07.2012)

  

  On 30 June 2012, the Secretaries-General of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, the Foreign Ministers of China, France, Russia, (...)

• > Arms trade (03.07.2012)

  

  Why this arms trade treaty is essential Today the international community is gathering at the United Nations in New York to negotiate the first (...)

• > Syria/aggravation of the situation – Press conference given by Laurent (...) (14.06.2012)

  

  "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being present here this afternoon at the Quai d’Orsay. In collaboration with President Hollande and the Prime (...)

• > President Hollande Visits D-Day Memorial (07.06.2012)

  

  President Hollande paid a visit to the D-Day memorial in Caen, France, on Wednesday, as part of official activities marking the 68th anniversary (...)

• > G8: Press Conference given by François Hollande (23.05.2012)

  

  The G8 has just ended and I would like to mention 3 major decisions, or in any case, 3 major commitments that came out of this meeting in which I (...)

• > French President’s visit to the U.S.: meeting with the French (...) (21.05.2012)

  

  On Friday, May 18, 2012, the president of the French Republic François Hollande came to the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., where he met with (...)

• > French President’s visit to the U.S.: Press briefing (21.05.2012)

  

  Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for being here for this press conference. This morning, I met with President Obama, then had lunch with Hillary (...)

• > French President’s visit to the U.S.: meeting with President (...) (21.05.2012)

  

  PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, it is my great pleasure to welcome President Hollande to the United States, to the Oval Office, and this evening to Camp (...)

• > President François Hollande’s Inauguration Speech (16.05.2012)

  

  On this day of my investiture into the highest office of the state, I send the French people a message of confidence. We are a great country (...)

• > François Hollande Elected President of the Republic (15.05.2012)

  

  France has elected a new President of the Republic. François Hollande successfully campaigned against the incumbent, President Nicolas Sarkozy. In (...)

• > Syria: "Damascus is Flouting its Commitments" (11.04.2012)

  

  Today is the day that Kofi Annan was to say whether or not Damascus had immediately implemented the measures it had pledged to adopt: to cease (...)

• > Attack in Toulouse: statements by Nicolas Sarkozy and Alain Juppé (19.03.2012)

  

  Today is a day of national tragedy – because children have been murdered in cold blood, because a killer entered a school, a school of the Jewish (...)

• > The situation in the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities (13.03.2012)

  

  Statement by Mr Alain Juppé, Ministre d’Etat, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs

• > Recap on the visit of Ambassador Delattre to North Carolina (11.03.2012)

  

  The Ambassador of France to the United States, His Excellency Mr. François Delattre, visited Raleigh and Charlotte on February 29 and March 1. (...)

• > French, U.S. Forces Complete Large-Scale Amphibious Exercise (22.02.2012)

  

  The French Navy and Army participated in Bold Alligator 2012, a large-scale amphibious exercise organized by the United States Navy and the (...)

• > Euro: "France will not only meet but exceed her commitments" (12.01.2012)

  

  Visit to Germany – Statements by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic, at his joint press conference with Angela Merkel, Chancellor of (...)

• > Afghanistan: Death of Two French Legionnaires (30.12.2011)

  

  President Sarkozy was extremely saddened to learn of the death this morning in Afghanistan of two legionnaires from the Saint Christol 2nd (...)

• > Dispatch of Arab League observers (28.12.2011)

  

  The first Arab League observers have arrived in Syria at a time when the situation has never been as tragic as in the city of Homs, which is (...)

• > Alain Juppé Meets With a Turkish Parliamentary Delegation (20.12.2011)

  

  M. Alain Juppé, Ministre d’Etat, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, received at the Quai d’Orsay a Turkish parliamentary mission led by (...)

• > Syria: Russian draft United Nations Security Council resolution (16.12.2011)

  

  France regards as a positive development Russia’s decision to acknowledge that the profound deterioration of the situation in Syria demands a (...)

• > President Sarkozy speaks to Le Monde after EU summit (14.12.2011)

  

  Excerpts from the interview given by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic, to the “Le Monde” newspaper about the euro (...)

• > Franco-German Letter to the President of the European Council (08.12.2011)

  

  Joint letter from Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic, and Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, to Herman Van Rompuy, President of the (...)

• > France/Germany/Euro Area (06.12.2011)

  

  Statements by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic, at his joint press conference with Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany (...)

• > UNGA resolution on human rights in Syria (23.11.2011)

  

  France welcomes the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption, by a very large majority, of a resolution condemning the human rights situation in (...)

• > Iran - Communiqué by the Presidency of the Republic (22.11.2011)

  

  President Sarkozy sent a letter on the Iranian nuclear issue to the heads of state and government of Canada, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom (...)

• > Syria: Interview given by Alain Juppé, Minister of Foreign and European (...) (17.11.2011)

  

  "As we’ve heard, the military option has been ruled out for the time being. Why couldn’t what was done in Libya be done in Syria (...)

• > Summit of G20 heads of state and government (07.11.2011)

  

  We, the leaders of the G20, met in Cannes on 3-4 November 2011. Since our last meeting, global recovery has weakened, particularly in advanced (...)

• > G20 Summit : Joint Press Conference by N. Sarkozy and B. Obama (03.11.2011)

  

  This morning, President Sarkozy and I reaffirmed our strong and enduring ties and I’ve said on many occasions that France is not only our oldest (...)

• > Euro Area/Greek referendum (01.11.2011)

  

  France would like to repeat that the plan unanimously adopted last Thursday by the 17 Euro Area states is the only possible route for resolving (...)

• > Palestine/Unesco: Statements by Bernard Valero (31.10.2011)

  

  On September 21st, at the United Nations General Assembly, the President of the Republic presented France’s vision for advancing on the path to (...)

• > European Council and Euro Area summit (28.10.2011)

  

  Ladies and gentlemen, following a long night of negotiations we’ve just concluded the Euro Area summit, which has enabled us – at least, we think (...)

• > Dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (18.10.2011)

  

  The Embassy of France in the United States enthusiastically celebrates the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in (...)

• > World and European Day against Death Penalty (10.10.2011)

  

  Today, 10th October, we are celebrating the 9th World day against the death penalty officially recognised by the Council of Europe and the (...)

• > France/Palestinian state/UN observer status (28.09.2011)

  

  Interview given by Alain Juppé, Ministre d’Etat, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, to the “Al-Jazeera” television (...)

• > Troy Davis’s case: the EU and France deplore his execution (23.09.2011)

  

  The European Union and France express their concern regarding the Troy Davis case, American citizen condemned to the death penalty in 1991 in the (...)

• > General Assembly of the United Nations: Speech by Mr. Nicolas (...) (22.09.2011)

  

  21 September 2011 - General Assembly - Opening of the 66th session - Speech by Mr Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic Unofficial (...)

• > Libya : Speech by Nicolas Sarkozy (19.09.2011)

  

  I will make a few brief remarks. The early 21st century hasn’t offered us many pleasant surprises. Ever since the century began, we’ve had nothing (...)

• > France/Afghanistan: Article by Bernard Valero, Ministry of Foreign and (...) (08.09.2011)

  

  Many French people have concerns about the conflict in Afghanistan, which pits the Afghan people, supported by the international community, (...)

• > Conference in support of the new Libya (02.09.2011)

  

  With the fall of Colonel Gaddafi certain, the participants paid tribute to the victims of the brutal repression of his regime. They expressed (...)

• > XIXe Ambassadors’conference (31.08.2011)

  

  Speech by Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic: "We’re all aware that the intensity and scale of the very different events that (...)

• > Libya: Statement by Alain Juppé (22.08.2011)

  

  "End of a dictatorship - Yes, we took risks in Libya, at both diplomatic and military level. It was France who was the architect of UNSCR 1973. (...)

• > Syria: joint statement by President Sarkozy, Chancellor Merkel and Prime (...) (19.08.2011)

  

  On August 18, 2011 President Sarkozy has signed a joint statement along side Chancellor Merkel and Prime Minister Cameron on (...)

• > Franco-German Summit on the Eurozone: Statement by Alain Juppé (18.08.2011)

  

  Franco-German Summit on August 16 - Statement issued by Alain Juppé - August 17, 2011

• > Libya - Adoption of additional EU sanctions (15.08.2011)

  

  On August 8, the EU adopted a fifth round of restrictive measures against Qaddafi and his entourage. These sanctions target additional economic (...)

• > Financial crisis/working meeting at the Elysée Palace (11.08.2011)

  

  President Sarkozy presided over a working meeting at the Elysée Palace today on the economic and financial situation.

• > France/US/Afghanistan/death of American soldiers (08.08.2011)

  

  Letter of condolences from the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy to the President of United States , Barack Obama

• > Syria - UN Security Council’s adoption of a statement on Syria (04.08.2011)

  

  Statement by Mr. Alain Juppé, Ministre d’état, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs. Paris, August 3, 2011.

• > Situation in Libya (03.08.2011)

  

  Libya - Meeting between Foreign Minister Alain Juppé and Mansour Saif Al-Nasr, special envoy of the Libyan National Transitional (...)

• > Visit to Afghanistan of President Sarkozy (21.07.2011)

  

  Speech by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic, to the French forces deployed in Surobi - Tora military base, 12 July (...)

• > Investments in the Future Programme: Speech by Nicolas Sarkozy (01.07.2011)

  

  Speech by the President of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy. Press Conference on the Investments in the Future Programme - Monday 27 June (...)

• > Statement by Alain Juppé: Christine Lagarde, Director General of the (...) (01.07.2011)

  

  Christine Lagarde, Director General of the IMF. Statement by Alain Juppé, Ministre d’Etat, Minister of Foreign and European (...)

• > France/US/Afghanistan (24.06.2011)

  

  Telephone conversation between Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic, and Barack Obama, President of the United States of America – (...)

• > Statement by Alain Juppé: re-election of Ban Ki-moon as UN Secretary-General (23.06.2011)

  

  Re-election of Mr. Ban Ki-moon as Secretary-General of the United Nations, Statement by Mr. Alain Juppé (June 21, (...)

• > Troy Davis: Declaration on behalf of the European Union (14.06.2011)

  

  Declaration by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the European Union on the death penalty of Troy (...)

• > Situation in Libya (13.06.2011)

  

  The international contact group on Libya formed at the London Summit on March 29 holds its third meeting in Abu Dhabi on June 9. The Qaddafi (...)

• > Visit of Alain Juppé to the United States (June 6-7, 2011) (13.06.2011)

  

  Alain Juppé, ministre d’Etat, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, travelled to Washington, D.C. on Monday 6 June 2011 at the invitation of (...)

• > Meeting between Alain Juppé and Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of (...) (31.05.2011)

  

  The Ministre d’Etat met with his American counterpart on the sidelines of the OECD Ministerial Conference. This meeting provided an opportunity to (...)

• > G8-G20 - Deauville Summit - France (31.05.2011)

  

  Speech by the President of the French Republic Opening of the G20 conference on strengthening the social dimension of globalization Ministerial (...)

• > France/Tunisia (23.05.2011)

  

  Prime Minister François Fillon had a meeting at the Hôtel de Matignon this evening with the Tunisian Prime Minister, M. Béji Caïd Essebsi, who is on (...)

• > Visit by Alain Juppé to Haiti (19.05.2011)

  

  Alain Juppé visited Port-au-Prince from May 13 to 14 in order to represent France at the inauguration of Michel Martelly, the new President of the (...)

• > Libya/Syria/Al-Qaeda : press conference given by Alain Juppé (13.05.2011)

  

  Second contact group meeting press conference given by Alain Juppé (Rome, 5 May 2011): "The latest meeting of the working group was, in my view, (...)

• > Situation in Syria (10.05.2011)

  

  France underlines the responsibility of the Syrian authorities in the crackdown (May 9, 2011).

• > Europe Day : Statement by Alain Juppé (09.05.2011)

  

  On the occasion of Europe Day on May 9, Alain Juppé reviews the results and advances achieved by Europe in the past 12 (...)

• > Osama bin Laden’s death (02.05.2011)

  

  President Obama’s announcement of Osama bin Laden’s death in a remarkable U.S. commando operation in Pakistan is a milestone in the global fight (...)

• > Libya : Joint article by Nicolas Sarkozy, Barack Obama and David (...) (02.05.2011)

  

  Joint article by Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France, Barack Obama, president of the United States, and David Cameron, prime minister of (...)

• > Situation in Syria - France’s action within the United Nations and the (...) (29.04.2011)

  

  France firmly condemns the continued crackdown in Syria which is, as President Sarkozy and the Ministre d’Etat underlined, (...)

• > Libya : death of two journalists Tim Hetherington and Chris (...) (22.04.2011)

  

  France expresses its sorrow at the death of Vanity Fair’s Tim Hetherington and the Getty Agency’s Chris Hondros, who were killed yesterday during (...)

• > Libya crisis/military action/political solution (22.04.2011)

  

  Nuclear Security Summit – Press conference given by François Fillon, Prime Minister (excerpts). Kiev, April 19, 2011.

• > Japan: French assistance continues (13.04.2011)

  

  France’s mobilization in support of Japan following the earthquake and tsunami that struck the country a month ago is not (...)

• > Libya: Meeting of the Contact Group in Doha, Qatar (April 13, (...) (13.04.2011)

  

  The Contact Group established at the meeting in London on March 29 held its first meeting on April 13 in Doha, at the invitation of the United (...)

• > France/UN/Ivory Coast (13.04.2011)

  

  Interview given by Alain Juppé, Ministre d’Etat, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, to “France Info” Paris, April 12, 2011 Q. – Thank you for (...)

• > Speech by the President of the Republic to the French community of (...) (30.03.2011)

  

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy met Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan during a solidarity visit to the crisis-hit nation on Thursday March 31st. (...)

• > London Conference on Libya (March 30, 2011) (30.03.2011)

  

  The Ministre d’Etat, like a number of his counterparts, met the leaders of the National Transitional Council on March 29 in (...)

• > Mr. Maurice Leroy, the French Minister of the City, in charge of the “Grand (...) (28.03.2011)

  

  April 6-11, Mr. Maurice Leroy, French Minister of the City, in charge of the major urban project called “Le Grand Paris”, will visit Memphis, (...)

• > France has designated a new Ambassador of France to the United States, Mr. (...) (02.03.2011)

  

  François Delattre was appointed Ambassador of France to the United States in February 2011 after serving as Ambassador of France to Canada (...)