Tag: Jean-Yves Le Drian

• Wednesday, June 17th 2020 - 19:19 UTC

  Ahead of Macron's London visit, minister warns France does not rule out a post-Brexit “no deal” with UK

  

  France does not rule out Europe failing to reach a deal on its post-Brexit relationship with Britain but very much wants to avoid such an outcome, its foreign minister was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 08:42 UTC

  French minister meets northeast Brazil states governors to discuss sustainable development

  

  French minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, met on Tuesday in Paris with the Brazilian governors of the nine states of the consortium for sustainable development in the northeast of the country.

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Twenty countries sign an agreement to stop spread of fake news

  

  Twenty countries, including France, Britain, and India, signed an agreement at the UN on Thursday that aims to stop the spread of fake news online. The signatories, which also included South Africa and Canada, committed to promoting “independently reported, diverse and reliable” information on the internet, under an accord initiated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a press freedom watchdog.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 18:07 UTC

  Bolsonaro's haircut a coarse gesture from Brazil to France's FM

  

  Brazil's authorities maintained Friday President Jair Bolsonaro's haircut was not the reason for leaving France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in the lurch and argued it was all a matter of agenda.

• Friday, February 1st 2019 - 10:34 UTC

  France, Germany and UK agree on new channel to trade with Iran and avert US sanctions

  

  France, Germany and Britain have opened a new channel for non-dollar trade with Iran to avert U.S. sanctions, although diplomats say it is unlikely to allow for the big transactions that Tehran says it needs to keep a nuclear deal afloat. Washington’s major European allies opposed last year’s decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to abandon the 2015 deal, under which international sanctions on Iran were lifted in return for Tehran accepting curbs on its nuclear program.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  Minister Faurie in France addresses bilateral relations and Mercosur/EU talks

  

  Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie met on Tuesday in Paris with his French peer Jean-Yves Le Drian to address current political and economic bilateral relations, as well as the latest advances in the Mercosur/European Union negotiations.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2015 - 07:14 UTC

  France and Russia agree on an unusual alliance against the Islamic State

  

  France and Russia agreed to coordinate their military and security services in an unusual alliance against Islamic State jihadists in Syria on Tuesday after a devastating attack on Paris and the bombing of a Russian plane.

• Saturday, February 1st 2014 - 04:27 UTC

  UK and France tighten defense cooperation and military procurement

  

  The UK and France have agreed to strengthen defense co-operation following a summit at RAF Brize Norton on Friday. A communiqué signed by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande sets out plans for closer ties between the two countries.