Foreign Affairs

Japan - Consultations between political directors from the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Ar

Philippe Errera, Director-General for Political Affairs and Security at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, and Alice Guitton, Director-General for International Relations and Strategy at the Ministry of the Armed Forces, held consultations on October 19 in Tokyo with their Japanese counterparts: Masataka Okano, Deputy Minister for Foreign Policy, and Yasushi Noguchi, Director-General for International Affairs at the Ministry of Defense. The last meeting in this format had been (...)

Updated: Tue Oct 19 2021

Nominations Sent to the Senate

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Mari Carmen Aponte, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Panama. Joseph Donnelly, of Indiana, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Holy See. Douglas T. Hickey, of...

Updated: Tue Oct 19 2021

Russia - NATO - Q&A - (19 October 2021)

Q: Russia is going to suspend its mission to NATO and NATO's mission to Moscow in response to the Alliance's expulsion of eight Russians. What is France's reaction? A: We regret the Russian Federation's unjustified decision to suspend its permanent mission to NATO and to end the activities of NATO's Military Liaison Mission and Information Mission in Russia as of November 1. Since 2014, France has continuously championed the need to maintain channels of dialogue between NATO and Russia, (...)

Updated: Tue Oct 19 2021