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==Bilateral relations== ===Africa=== {{Main|FranceâAfrica relations}} France plays a significant role in Africa, especially in its former [[French colonial empires|colonies]], through extensive aid programs, commercial activities, military agreements, and cultural impact. In those former colonies where the French presence remains important, France contributes to political, military, and social stability. Many think that French policy in Africa â particularly where British interests are also involved â is susceptible to what is known as '[[Fashoda syndrome]]'. Others have criticized the relationship as [[neocolonialism]] under the name ''[[Françafrique]]'', stressing France's support of various dictatorships, among others: [[Omar Bongo]], [[Idriss DĂ©by]], and [[Denis Sassou Nguesso]]. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- ! style="width:15%;"| Country ! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations began !Notes |- valign="top" |{{flag|Algeria }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[AlgeriaâFrance relations]] Relations between post-colonial Algeria and France have remained close throughout the years, although sometimes difficult. In 1962, the [[Ăvian Accords]] peace treaty laid the foundations of a new Franco-Algerian relationship. In exchange for a generous ''coopĂ©ration'' regime (massive financial, technical and cultural aid), France secured a number of economic and military privileges. Economically, France enjoyed a preferential treatment vis-Ă -vis the Saharan wealth of hydrocarbons. Militarily, it could keep the Mers-el-KĂ©bir base for 15 years and use the Saharan nuclear test-sites for another five years. France had used these sites to carry out its first nuclear tests (''[[Gerboise bleue]]'') in 1960. 90% or more of the Europeans established in Algeria (''[[pieds-noirs]]'') left the country in a massive exodus creating a difficult void in the bureaucratic, economic and educational structure of Algeria. On the other hand, the issue of the ''[[harki]]s'', the Arabs who had fought on the French side during the war, was still to be resolved at the turn of the 21st century, being somehow ignored by the French while seen as outright traitors by the Algerian people. On the economical level, Algeria remained for some time the fourth largest importer of French goods, conducting all its transactions with France in the Franc zone. Many Algerians were encouraged by French authorities and businessmen to migrate to France in order to provide workforce during the ''[[Trente Glorieuses]]'' (Thirty Glorious) growth. Relations between France and Algeria have remained closely intertwined, and France could not entirely escape from the chaos which threatened Algeria during the [[Algerian Civil War|civil war in the nineties]]. [[Ahmed Ben Bella]], the first President of Algeria was reported in a 2001 interview as saying that "The Algerian people have lived with blood. We brought [[Charles de Gaulle|de Gaulle]] to his knees. We struggled against [[French rule in Algeria|French rule]] for 15 years under the leadership of [[Emir Abdel-Kader Al-Jazairi]]. The Algerian population was then four million. French repression cost us two million lives. It was genocide. We survived as a people. Barbaric French atrocities did not subdue our fighting spirit."<ref>{{cite news |title = Ahmed Ben Bella: Plus ça change |url = http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/533/profile.htm |work = [[Al-Ahram Weekly]] |date = 16 May 2001 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070715011923/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/533/profile.htm |archive-date = 15 July 2007 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> On 23 February 2005, the [[French law on colonialism]] was an act passed by the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (UMP) conservative majority, which imposed on high-school (lycĂ©e) teachers to teach the "positive values" of [[colonialism]] to their students (article 4). The law created a public uproar and opposition from the whole of the left-wing, and was finally repealed by president [[Jacques Chirac]] (UMP) at the beginning of 2006, after accusations of [[historical revisionism (negationism)|historical revisionism]] from various teachers and historians. Algerians feared that the French law on colonialism would hinder the task the French confronting the dark side of their colonial rule in Algeria because article 4 of the law decreed among other things that "School programmes are to recognise in particular the positive role of the French presence overseas, especially in North Africa, ..."<ref name=HS-050516>{{cite news |title=Colonial abuses haunt France |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4552473.stm |work=BBC News |author=Hugh Schofiel |date=16 May 2005 | access-date=4 January 2010}}</ref> [[Benjamin Stora]] a leading specialist on French Algerian history and an opponent of the French law on colonialism, said "France has never taken on its colonial history. It is a big difference with the Anglo-Saxon countries, where post-colonial studies are now in all the universities. We are phenomenally behind the times."<ref name=HS-050516/> In his opinion, although the historical facts were known to academics, they were not well known by the French public and this led to a lack of honesty in France over French colonial treatment of the Algerian people.<ref name=HS-050516/> During the period that the French law on colonialism was in force, several Algerians and others raised issues and made comments to emphasise that there were many aspects of French colonial rule that were not widely known in France.<ref name=HS-050516/> A senior Algerian official Mohamed El Korso said that "[French] repentance is seen by the Algerian people as a ''[[sine qua non]]'' before any Franco-Algerian friendship treaty can be concluded." and with reference to the [[Setif massacre]] that "French and international public opinion must know that France committed a real act of genocide in May 1945"<ref name=HS-050516/> The Algerian president [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] said Algeria had "never ceased waiting for an admission from France of all the acts committed during the colonial period and the war of liberation." and drew comparisons between the burning of the bodies of the victims of the Setif massacre with the crematoria in the Nazi death camps.<ref name=HS-050516/> More recently on 17 April 2006, Bouteflika emphasised Algeria's point of view when said in a speech in Paris that "Colonization brought the genocide of our identity, of our history, of our language, of our traditions".<ref name="The Scotsman1"> {{cite news|title=Algerian leader calls colonisation 'genocide' |url=http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=583792006 |work=[[The Scotsman]] |date=18 April 2006}}</ref> French authorities responded to the claims by President Bouteflika and others by playing down the comments, urging "mutual respect" French Foreign Minister [[Michel Barnier]] told Algeria in an official visit to make a common effort to search history "in order to establish a common future and overcome the sad pages". In an interview with El Vatan, an Algerian newspaper, Barnier said that "Historians from two sides must be encouraged to work together. They must work on the common past".<ref>{{cite news |title = Paris' game turns against due to Algeria |url = http://www.diplomaticobserver.com/news_read.asp?id=1206 |work = Diplomatic Observer |url-status = usurped |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928044405/http://www.diplomaticobserver.com/news_read.asp?id=1206 |archive-date = 28 September 2007 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> French authorities asked president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to study with France the disarmed [[Harki#After the war|150,000 Harkis killed]] without another reason that revenge, by his party, the [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|National Liberation Front]] (FLN). French President [[Jacques Chirac]], upon harsh reactions to the law encouraging the good sides of the French colonial history, made the statement, "Writing history is the job of the historians, not of the laws." According to Prime Minister, [[Dominique de Villepin]], "speaking about the past or writing history is not the job of the parliament."<ref name="Zaman1"> {{cite news |title=France in Favor of So-Called Genocide Resorts to Historians |url=http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20051210&hn=27378 |publisher=[[Zaman Online]] |date=10 December 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713195345/http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20051210&hn=27378 |archive-date=13 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The issue of the French human rights record in Algeria is also politically sensitive in Turkey. France recognized [[Armenian genocide]] by the Turks in 1998.<ref> {{cite news |title=French recognizes Armenian Genocide |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/102803.stm |work=BBC News |date=29 May 1998 | access-date=4 January 2010}} </ref> In response to the action of the French parliament, making it an offense to deny the existence of such a genocide, the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] drafted a bill in October 2006 to make it illegal to deny that the French committed genocide in Algeria.<ref> {{cite news |title=Turkish parliamentary committee drafts law on Algerian genocide |url=http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/387740.asp |publisher=[[NTV-MSNBC]] |date=11 October 2006}} </ref> Turkish party leaders, including CHP, MHP, BBP and ANAP called on France to recognize what they called "Algerian genocide".{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} However, the draft never became an official law. * Algeria has an embassy in Paris and several consulates-general throughout the country. * France has an embassy in [[Algiers]] and consulates-general in [[Annaba]] and [[Oran]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Angola }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[AngolaâFrance relations]] Relations between the two countries have not always been cordial due to the former French government's policy of supporting militant separatists in Angola's [[Cabinda Province]] and the international [[Angolagate]] scandal embarrassed both governments by exposing corruption and illicit arms deals.<ref name="mg">{{cite web|url=http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-05-23-sarkozy-to-mend-fences-with-angola |title=Sarkozy to mend fences with Angola â News â Mail & Guardian Online |work=Mail & Guardian |date=23 May 2008 |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> Following French President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]'s visit in 2008, relations have improved. * Angola has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Luanda]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Benin }}||<!--Date started-->|| * Benin has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Cotonou]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Burkina Faso }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Burkina FasoâFrance relations]] Present day Burkina Faso was formerly part of a French colony called [[French Upper Volta]]. France has special forces stationed in Burkina Faso.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2023-01-04 |title=Paris says Burkina Faso requested withdrawal of French ambassador |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/paris-says-burkina-faso-requested-withdrawal-french-ambassador-2023-01-03/ |access-date=2023-01-04}}</ref> * Burkina Faso has an embassy in Paris.<ref>{{cite web |title=Embassy of Burkina Faso in France |url=http://www.ambaburkina-fr.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516150401/http://www.ambaburkina-fr.org/ |archive-date=16 May 2010 |access-date=7 August 2022 |language=fr}}</ref> * France has an embassy in [[Ouagadougou]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Embassy of France in Burkina Faso |url=https://bf.ambafrance.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805220135/https://bf.ambafrance.org/ |archive-date=5 August 2022 |access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref> In January 2023, Burkina Faso's military junta asked France to recall its ambassador amid a surge of anti-French sentiment as the country moved to develop closer ties to Russia<ref name=":1" /> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Burundi }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâBurundi relations]] * Burundi has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Bujumbura]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Cameroon }}||<!--Date started-->|| * Cameroon has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[YaoundĂ©]] and a consulate-general in [[Douala]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Cape Verde }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Cape VerdeâFrance relations]] * Cape Verde has an embassy in Paris and consulate-general in Nice. * France has an embassy in [[Praia]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Central African Republic }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|13 August 1960}}||See [[Central African RepublicâFrance relations]] * Central African Republic has an embassy in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amb-rcaparis.org/site/|title=Ambassade de Centrafrique Ă Paris :: Accueil|access-date=19 February 2015|archive-date=16 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216071515/http://www.amb-rcaparis.org/site/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * France has an embassy in [[Bangui]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-cf.org/|title=La France en RĂ©publique Centrafricaine|access-date=19 February 2015|archive-date=28 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228163547/http://www.ambafrance-cf.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Chad }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|11 August 1960}}||See [[ChadâFrance relations]] The French military has been present in Chad since 1986 in the frame of [[Operation Epervier]]. * Chad has an embassy in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ambatchad-paris.org|title=Ambassade de la RĂ©publique du Tchad Ă Paris|access-date=19 February 2015}}</ref> * France has an embassy in [[N'djamena]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-td.org/|title=Ambassade de France au Tchad|access-date=19 February 2015|archive-date=25 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225112920/http://www.ambafrance-td.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Congo }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Republic of the CongoâFrance relations]] * Congo has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Brazzaville]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Comoros }}||<!--Date started-->|| * Comoros has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Moroni, Comoros|Moroni]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}||<!--Date started--> | France and Germany decided on a concerted military operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This operation included sending 1500 European troops to the DRC to support fair and regular presidential elections in June 2006. While Germany leads the mission, both France and Germany provide 500 soldiers each, with the rest of the soldiers coming from other European countries. Many scholars of the European Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) question whether the mission is of great use, and argue that it is rather symbolic in character. With 17,000 United Nations forces already deployed in the DRC the purpose of such a small operation remains questionable. The European troops will be stationed in the capital-city Kinshasa only. It is probable however, that the expertise of former peace-building missions on the Balkans will be useful in order to prevent any major escalation during the elections. In 2013, France's [[François Hollande|then president]] on his visit to DRC suggested that [[Trial and conviction of Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland|prisoners Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland]] should be moved out of the situation of their six-man prison cell; five days later the two prisoners shared a cell of their own.<ref name=France-president>{{cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10072009|title=Moland og French har fĂ„tt egen celle etter hjelp fra François Hollande|work=VG|access-date=19 February 2015|date=5 January 2013}}</ref> * DR Congo has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Kinshasa]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Djibouti }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[DjiboutiâFrance relations]] * Djibouti has an embassy in Paris * France has an embassy in [[Djibouti City]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Egypt}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[EgyptâFrance relations]] * Egypt has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Cairo]] and a consulate-general in [[Alexandria]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Equatorial Guinea}}||<!--Date started-->|| * Equatorial Guinea has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Malabo]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Ethiopia }}||<!--Date started-->|| * Ethiopia has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Gabon }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâGabon relations]] Since independence, Gabon has been "one of France's closest allies in Africa".<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSL0493323920080304 Gabon threatens France with tit-for-tat deportation] by Antoine Lawson, [[Reuters]], 4 March 2008</ref> As of 2008, around 10,000 French nationals lived and worked in Gabon, while the 6th Marine Infantry Battalion of the [[Structure of the French Army#Units permanently deployed overseas|French military]] is also stationed there. * France has an embassy in [[Libreville]]. * Gabon has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Ghana }}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Accra]]. * Ghana has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Guinea }}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Conakry]]. * Guinea has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Ivory Coast}}||<!--Date started--> |See [[FranceâIvory Coast relations]] In 2002 and 2003, France participated in military interventions in CĂŽte d'Ivoire in [[OpĂ©ration Licorne]] and [[United Nations Operation in CĂŽte d'Ivoire|UNOCI]]. Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo helped in the evacuation of foreign residents and the protection of civilians from warring factions. * CĂŽte d'Ivoire has an embassy in Paris and a consulate-general in Lyon. * France has an embassy in [[Abidjan]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Kenya }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâKenya relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Nairobi]]. * Kenya has an embassy in Paris. |- |{{Flagu|Lesotho}} | |See [[FranceâLesotho relations]] * France has an embassy in Maseru.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=France embassies in Lesotho |url=https://embassies.org/en/france-embassy-in-lesotho |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=embassies.org |language=en}}</ref> * Lesotho does not have an embassy in France. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Liberia}}||1852||See [[FranceâLiberia relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Monrovia]]. * Liberia has an embassy in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://embassyofliberia-paris.org/en/ |title=Embassy of Liberia in Paris |access-date=1 September 2022 |archive-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901234430/http://embassyofliberia-paris.org/en/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Libya}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâLibya relations]] In the 1980s, Libyan-French discord centered on the situation in Chad. As mentioned, the two countries found themselves supporting opposite sides in the [[Civil war in Chad (1965â1979)|Chadian Civil War]]. In late 1987, there were some French troops in Chad, but French policy did not permit its forces to cross the sixteenth parallel. Thus, direct clashes with Libyan soldiers seemed unlikely.<ref name=lcweb>{{cite web |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+ly0130) |title=Libya: France|access-date=17 July 2008 |publisher=[[Library of Congress Country Studies]] |year=1987 }}</ref> On 10 March 2011, France was the first country in the world to recognise the [[National Transitional Council]] as the legitimate government of Libya, in the context of the [[2011 Libyan civil war]] against [[Muammar Gaddafi]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12699183 "France recognises Libyan rebels"], BBC, 10 March 2011</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Madagascar}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|26 June 1960}}||See [[FranceâMadagascar relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Antananarivo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-mada.org/|title=La France Ă Madagascar|access-date=19 February 2015|archive-date=7 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207073432/http://www.ambafrance-mada.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Madagascar has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in [[Marseille]] and [[Saint-Denis, RĂ©union|Saint-Denis]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ambassade-madagascar.fr| title = Embassy of Madagascar in Paris (in French)}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Mali }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâMali relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Bamako]]. * Mali has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Mauritania }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâMauritania relations]] The relations date back to the colonial era when Mauritania was part of French West Africa. * France has an embassy in [[Nouakchott]]. * Mauritania has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Mauritius }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâMauritius relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Port Louis]]. * Mauritius has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Morocco }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâMorocco relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Rabat]] and several consulates-general throughout the country. * Morocco has an embassy in Paris and several consulates-general throughout the country. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Mozambique }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâMozambique relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Maputo]]. * Mozambique has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Namibia}}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Windhoek]]. * Namibia has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Niger }}||<!--Date started-->4 August 1960 (relations severed 4 August 2023 |See [[FranceâNiger relations]]. The relations between France and the Republic of Niger are based on a long shared history and the more than sixty year rule of Niger by [[French colonial empire]] beginning with the French conquest in 1898. Niger obtained independence from France in 1960, and a history of French influenced culture and French language have been a point of commonality in the creation of a distinctive [[Nigerien culture]] from the diverse pre-colonial nationalities which make up modern Niger. France benefited economically from their time as a colonial power, and still relies on imports from Niger for elements of their economy. * France has an embassy in [[Niamey]]. * Niger has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Nigeria }}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Abuja]] and a consulate-general in [[Lagos]]. * Nigeria has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Rwanda}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâRwanda relations]] In the period from 1990, until the [[Rwandan genocide]], France (under [[François Mitterrand|Mitterrand]]) took a role sympathetic to the [[Juvenal Habyarimana|Habyarimana]] government. * France has an embassy in [[Kigali]]. * Rwanda has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Senegal }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|August 1960}}||See [[FranceâSenegal relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Dakar]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ambafrance-sn.org/| title = Embassy of France in Dakar (in French)| access-date = 20 February 2017| archive-date = 12 March 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170312050243/http://www.ambafrance-sn.org/| url-status = dead}}</ref> * Senegal has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in [[Bordeaux]], [[Lyon]] and in [[Marseille]] and a consular agency in [[Le Havre]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ambasseneparis.com| title = Embassy of Senegal in Paris (in French)}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Seychelles}}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]. * Seychelles has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Somalia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâSomalia relations]] Bilateral relations between France and Somalia were established shortly after Somalia's independence. The French government opened an embassy in Mogadishu, and its Somalian counterpart likewise maintained an embassy in Paris. Following a significantly improved security situation, the Government of France in January 2014 appointed Remi Marechaux as the new French ambassador to Somalia.<ref name="Sfsnats">{{cite news|title=France sends new ambassador to Somalia|url=http://www.somalicurrent.com/2014/01/15/france-sends-new-ambassador-to-somalia/|access-date=20 January 2014|newspaper=SomaliCurrent|date=15 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129144121/http://www.somalicurrent.com/2014/01/15/france-sends-new-ambassador-to-somalia/|archive-date=29 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Sudan }}||<!--Date started-->||France has had a long history as one of Sudan's principal commercial partners.<ref name="locf2015">{{citation-attribution|1={{Cite encyclopedia|last=Shinn|first=David H.|title=European Union, Britain, and France|editor-last=Berry|editor1-first=LaVerle|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/cs/pdf/CS_Sudan.pdf|encyclopedia=Sudan: a country study|date=2015|publisher=[[Federal Research Division]], [[Library of Congress]]|isbn=978-0-8444-0750-0|edition=5th|location=Washington, D.C.|pages=291â292}} Though published in 2015, this work covers events in the whole of Sudan (including present-day South Sudan) until the 2011 secession of South Sudan.}}</ref> A French company was one of the prime contractors on the ill-fated Jonglei Canal.<ref name="locf2015" /> In the early 1980s, Sudan awarded a concession to the French oil company, TotalFinaElf, for development of the oil reserves in Block Five in South Sudan.<ref name="locf2015" /> Although the company stopped work there following the resumption of civil war, it retained the concession and initiated steps in 2004 to return.<ref name="locf2015" /> France also sided with the government of Sudan in 2004 when it asserted that the situation in Darfur should not be described as genocide.<ref name="locf2015" /> Chad, a former French colony and in recent years a country with which it had close relations, tended to influence France's view of the situation in Darfur.<ref name="locf2015" /> French policy on Darfur became more critical following the election in 2007 of President Nicolas Sarkozy.<ref name="locf2015" /> France hosted in June 2007 the United States, China, and some 15 other countries at a major conference intended to launch a new international effort to end the atrocities in Darfur.<ref name="locf2015" /> The government of Sudan, angry that it was not consulted, boycotted the conference.<ref name="locf2015" /> In recent years, France has shown less interest in Sudan while its policy seemed to depend on which official was speaking.<ref name="locf2015" /> French oil companies have a continuing interest in the development of oil in South Sudan.<ref name="locf2015" /> * France has an embassy in [[Khartoum]]. * Sudan has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|South Africa }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâSouth Africa relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Pretoria]] and consulates-general in [[Cape Town]] and [[Johannesburg]]. * South Africa has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Tanzania}}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Dar es Salaam]]. * Tanzania has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Togo }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâTogo relations]] * France has an embassy in [[LomĂ©]]. * Togo has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Tunisia }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâTunisia relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Tunis]]. * Tunisia has an embassy in Paris and several consulates-general throughout the country. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Uganda}}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Kampala]]. * Uganda has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Zimbabwe }}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Harare]]. * Zimbabwe has an embassy in Paris. |} ===Americas=== {{Main|FranceâAmericas relations}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- ! style="width:15%;"| Country ! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations began !Notes |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Argentina}}||<!--Date started-->1829||See [[ArgentinaâFrance relations]] * Argentina has an embassy in Paris.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ambassadeargentine.net/ |title=Argentine embassy in Paris |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829054629/http://ambassadeargentine.net/ |archive-date=29 August 2015 }}</ref> * France has an embassy in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.embafrancia-argentina.org/ |title=French embassy in Buenos Aires |access-date=8 August 2012 |archive-date=24 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324041906/http://www.embafrancia-argentina.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120423025139/http://www.mrecic.gov.ar/portal/seree/ditra/fr.html List of Treaties ruling the relations Argentina and France (Argentine Foreign Ministry, in Spanish)] * [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/argentina_439/index.html French Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with Argentina] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406101307/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/argentina_439/index.html |date=6 April 2012 }} |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Barbados}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|3 May 1968}}||See [[BarbadosâFrance relations]] * Barbados is accredited to France from its embassy in Brussels, Belgium. * France is accredited to Barbados from its embassy in [[Castries]], Saint Lucia and maintains an honorary consulate in [[Bridgetown, Barbados|Bridgetown]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Belize}}||<!--Date started-->|| * Both countries established diplomatic relations in November 1981.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230194831/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Belize is accredited to France from its high commission in London, United Kingdom. * France is accredited to Belize from its embassy in San Salvador, El Salvador. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Bolivia }}||<!--Date started-->|| * Bolivia has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[La Paz]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Brazil}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[BrazilâFrance relations]] France has recognized Brazil as its special partner in South America and as a global player in international affairs. The two countries are committed to strengthening their bilateral cooperation in the areas for which working groups have been created: [[Nuclear power|nuclear energy]], [[renewable energies]], [[defense technology|defence technologies]], [[technological innovation]], joint cooperation in African countries and [[space technology|space technologies]], medicines and the environment.<ref name="diplomatie.gouv.fr">{{cite web |url=http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/brazil_444/france-and-brazil_2515/political-relations_2631.html |title=France and Brazil â Political relations |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France |access-date=18 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018095759/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/brazil_444/france-and-brazil_2515/political-relations_2631.html |archive-date=18 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Recently, France announced its support to the Brazilian bid for a permanent seat on the [[United Nations Security Council]].<ref name="diplomatie.gouv.fr" /> * Brazil has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in [[Marseille]] and in [[Cayenne]] and [[Saint-Georges, French Guiana|Saint-Georges]], [[French Guiana]]. * France has an embassy in [[BrasĂlia]] and consulates-general in [[Rio de Janeiro]] and [[SĂŁo Paulo]] and a consulate in [[Recife]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Canada}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[CanadaâFrance relations]] * Canada has an embassy in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/france/|title=Government of Canada - Gouvernement du Canada|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref> Quebec also maintains a [[Paradiplomacy|paradiplomatic]] [[Quebec Government Offices|Government Office]] called ''DĂ©lĂ©gation gĂ©nĂ©rale du QuĂ©bec Ă Paris''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.international.gouv.qc.ca/fr/paris|title=Voici le QuĂ©bec - DĂ©lĂ©gation gĂ©nĂ©rale du QuĂ©bec Ă Paris|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref> * France has an embassy in [[Ottawa]] and consulates-general in [[Moncton]], [[Montreal]], [[Quebec City]], Toronto and Vancouver.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-ca.org/|title=La France au Canada|access-date=27 April 2016|archive-date=27 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427094119/http://www.ambafrance-ca.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Chile}}||<!--Date started-->1846||See [[ChileâFrance relations]] * Chile has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Santiago]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Colombia}}||<!--Date started-->1830||See [[ColombiaâFrance relations]] Relations with Colombia have been dimmed, by the [[Ingrid Betancourt]] issue from 2002 to 2008; in 2002, Ingrid Betancourt, a Colombian and French citizen and the green party candidate to the presidency of Colombia, was kidnapped by the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia]] (FARC), France pushed the Colombian government to free FARC prisoners to get Mrs Betancourt back; Colombia once consented with these efforts and on 4 June 2007; 30 FARC members were liberated, including the leader [[Rodrigo Granda]]. On 2 July 2008 Ingrid Betancourt was rescued by the Colombian authorities in [[Operation Jaque]]. France had urged Colombia not to attempt to free Betancourt.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/28/colombia.hostages/index.html France pleads for Colombian hostage who may be ill] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507185112/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/28/colombia.hostages/index.html |date=7 May 2008}}</ref> * Colombia has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[BogotĂĄ]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Costa Rica }}||<!--Date started-->|| * Costa Rica has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[San JosĂ©, Costa Rica|San JosĂ©]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Cuba}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[CubaâFrance relations]] * Cuba has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Havana]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Commonwealth of Dominica}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|17 January 1979}}||See [[DominicaâFrance relations|Commonwealth of DominicaâFrance relations]] * The Commonwealth of Dominica has an embassy in London. * France has a regional embassy in [[Castries]], [[Saint Lucia]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Dominican Republic }}||<!--Date started-->|| * Dominican Republic has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in Marseille and [[Pointe-Ă -Pitre]]. * France has an embassy in [[Santo Domingo]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Ecuador }}||<!--Date started-->|| * Ecuador has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Quito]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|El Salvador}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|2 January 1858}}||See [[El SalvadorâFrance relations]] * El Salvador has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[San Salvador]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Guatemala }}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Guatemala City]]. * Guatemala has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Guyana}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|22 June 1967}}|| *Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 June 1967.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101008/http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |archive-date=7 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> * France is accredited to Guyana from its embassy in Paramaribo, Suriname and maintains an honorary consulate in Georgetown, Guyana. * Guyana is accredited to France from its high commission in London, United Kingdom. * Both countries have passed a number of bilateral treaties.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://basedoc.diplomatie.gouv.fr/exl-php/cadcgp.php?| title = French ministry of foreign affairs (in French)}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Haiti}}||<!--Date started-->1825||See [[FranceâHaiti relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Port-au-Prince]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ambafrance-ht.org/| title = Embassy of France in Port-au-Prince| access-date = 9 March 2017| archive-date = 7 March 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170307154750/http://www.ambafrance-ht.org/| url-status = dead}}</ref> * Haiti has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in [[Cayenne]], [[French Guiana]] and in [[Pointe-Ă -Pitre]], [[Guadeloupe]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ambassadehaitifrance.org| title = Embassy of Haiti in Paris (in French)}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Honduras }}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Tegucigalpa]]. * Honduras has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Mexico}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|26 November 1826}}||See [[FranceâMexico relations]] * France has an embassy in Mexico City and a consulate-general in [[Monterrey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mx.ambafrance.org/|title=La France au Mexique â Francia en MĂ©xico|access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref> * Mexico has an embassy in Paris and a liaison office in [[Strasbourg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/francia/index.php/es/inicio|title=Bienvenidos a la portada|access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref> * Both countries are members of the [[OECD]] and the [[G-20]]. * [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/mexico-435/france-and-mexico/political-relations-6567/ French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on relations with Mexico] * [http://www.sre.gob.mx/francia/relpoe.htm Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs on historical bilateral relations with France] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615233952/http://www.sre.gob.mx/francia/relpoe.htm |date=15 June 2013 }} |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Nicaragua }}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Managua]]. * Nicaragua has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Panama }}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Panama City]]. * Panama has an embassy in Paris and a consulate-general in Marseille. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Paraguay}}||<!--Date started-->1853 | * Both countries has diplomatic relations since the Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Navigation signed in 1853. * France has an embassy in [[AsunciĂłn]].<ref>[http://www.ambafran.gov.py/ French embassy in Asuncion (in French and Spanish only)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102083637/http://www.ambafran.gov.py/ |date=2 January 2010 }}</ref> * Paraguay has an embassy in Paris. * [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/paraguay_455/index.html French Ministry of Foreign Relations about relations with Paraguay] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120314182652/http://www.mre.gov.py/paginas/representaciones/Embajadas.asp?CodRepresentacion=40&tipo=1 Paraguayan Ministry of Foreign Relations about relations with France] |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Peru}}||<!--Date started-->1826||See [[FranceâPeru relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Lima]]. * Peru has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Saint Lucia }}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Castries]]. * Saint Lucia has a consulate in [[Fort-de-France]], [[Martinique]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Suriname }}||{{dts|25 August 1976}}<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416134520if_/http://www.gov.sr/media/12102008/lijst-van-diplomatieke-betrekkingen-en-visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten.pdf |url=http://www.gov.sr/media/12102008/lijst-van-diplomatieke-betrekkingen-en-visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten.pdf |archive-date=16 April 2019| title=Lijst van Diplomatieke betrekkingen en visum afschaffing|website=Surinamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs|access-date=27 December 2021|language=nl}}</ref>||See [[FranceâSuriname relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Paramaribo]]. * Suriname has an embassy in Paris, a consulate-general in [[Cayenne]] and a consulate in [[Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni]], [[French Guiana]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâTrinidad and Tobago relations]] Bilateral relations between the countries France and Trinidad and Tobago have existed for about two hundred years.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Sahadeo Basdeo |author2=Graeme Mount |title=The Foreign Relations of Trinidad and Tobago (1962â2000) |year=2001 |publisher=[[Lexicon]] |quote=The French presence in Trinidad and Tobago dates back two centuries. It is not surprising that French influence ... | url=https://archive.org/details/foreignrelations0000basd |url-access=registration |isbn=978-976-631-023-3}}</ref> Currently, France has an embassy in [[Port of Spain]]. Trinidad and Tobago is represented in France through its embassy in [[Brussels]] (Belgium). Trinidad and Tobago also has bilateral investment agreements with France.<ref>''World trade and arbitration materials'' v. 11, nos. 1â3 (Werner Pub. Co., 1999), 24.</ref> * France has an embassy in [[Port of Spain]]. * Trinidad and Tobago is accredited to France from its embassy in Brussels, Belgium. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|United States}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâUnited States relations]] Relations between the United States and France are active and cordial. Mutual visits by high-level officials are conducted on a regular basis and bilateral contact at the cabinet level is active. France and the United States cooperate closely on some issues (such as anti-terrorism) but differ on others (such as the [[IsraeliâPalestinian conflict]] and a number of trade issues). Differences are discussed frankly. The largest current fallout between the United States and France involves the [[Iraq War]], and some aspects of the post-[[September 11, 2001 attacks|11 September]] [[War on Terror]], e.g., [[CIA]] "[[extraordinary rendition]]s". * France has an embassy in Washington, D.C. and consulates-general in [[Atlanta]], [[Boston]], Chicago, [[Houston]], Los Angeles, [[Miami]], [[New Orleans]], New York City and [[San Francisco]]. * United States has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in Marseille and Strasbourg. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Uruguay}}||<!--Date started-->1825||See [[FranceâUruguay relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Montevideo]].<ref><[http://www.ambafranceuruguay.org/ French embassy in Montevideo (in French and Spanish only)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122025339/http://www.ambafranceuruguay.org/ |date=22 January 2011 }}</ref> * Uruguay has an embassy in Paris and honorary consulates in [[Bordeaux]], [[Marseille]] and [[Toulouse]]. * [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/uruguay_720/index.html French Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Uruguay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006092239/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/uruguay_720/index.html |date=6 October 2012 }} |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Venezuela}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâVenezuela relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Caracas]] * Venezuela has an embassy in Paris. |} ===Asia=== {{Main|FranceâAsia relations}} France has extensive political and economical relations with Asian countries, including China, India, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia as well as an increasing presence in regional fora. France was instrumental in launching the [[AsiaâEurope Meeting]] (ASEM) process which could eventually emerge as a competitor to [[APEC]]. France is seeking to broaden its commercial presence in China and will pose a competitive challenge to U.S. business, particularly in [[aerospace]], high-tech, and luxury markets. In Southeast Asia, France was an architect of the [[Paris Peace Accords]]. France does not have formal diplomatic relationships with North Korea. North Korea however maintains a ''delegation'' (not an embassy nor a consulate) near Paris. As most countries, France does not recognize, nor have formal diplomatic relationships with Taiwan, due to its recognition of China; however, Taiwan maintains a representation office in Paris which is similar to an embassy. Likewise, the French Institute in Taipei has an administrative consular section that delivers visas and fulfills other missions normally dealt with by diplomatic outposts. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- ! style="width:15%;"| Country ! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations began !Notes |- valign="top" |{{flag|Afghanistan|2013}}||<!--Date started-->1922||See [[AfghanistanâFrance relations]] * Afghanistan has an embassy in Paris.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://ambafghanistan-fr.com/| title = Embassy of Afghanistan in Paris}}</ref> * France has an embassy in [[Kabul]], but its activities have been suspended since 2 September 2021.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://af.ambafrance.org/| title = Embassy of France in Kabul}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Armenia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[ArmeniaâFrance relations]] * Armenia has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in Lyon and Marseille. * France has an embassy in [[Yerevan]]. * France [[Armenian genocide recognition|recognized]] the [[Armenian genocide]] in 1998. * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]]. * France supports [[Accession of Armenia to the European Union|Armenia's EU membership]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Azerbaijan}}||{{dts|21 February 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=France|url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/content/146/france |access-date=25 January 2021 |website=mfa.gov.az}}</ref><!--Date started-->||See [[AzerbaijanâFrance relations|Azerbaijan-France relations]] * Azerbaijan has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Baku]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Cambodia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[CambodiaâFrance relations]] * Cambodia has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Phnom Penh]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|China}}||{{dts|7 October 1913}}||See [[ChinaâFrance relations]] During the 1990s, France and the PRC repeatedly clashed as a result of the PRC's [[One China Policy]]. France sold weapons to Taiwan, angering the Beijing government. This resulted in the temporary closure of the French Consulate-General in [[Guangzhou]]. France eventually agreed to prohibit local companies from selling arms to Taiwan, and diplomatic relations resumed in 1994. Since then, the two countries have exchanged a number of state visits. Today, Sino-French relations are primarily economic. Bilateral trade reached new high levels in 2000. Cultural ties between the two countries are less well represented, though France is making an effort to improve this disparity. * China has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in Lyon, Marseille, Papeete, Saint-Denis and Strasbourg. * France has an embassy in Beijing and consulates-general in [[Chengdu]], [[Guangzhou]], Hong Kong, Shanghai, [[Shenyang]] and [[Wuhan]]. The bilateral investment relationship between France and China has been a key component of their economic partnership, with more than 50 agreements signed in sectors like nuclear energy, aerospace, and finance during Xi Jinping's 2015 visit to France. Emmanuel Macron's 2018 trip to Beijing further reinforced this partnership with âŹ13 billion in contracts. Recent initiatives include collaboration in green energy and technology, significant investments in the automotive industry, infrastructure cooperation, aerospace industry developments, energy sector investments, and luxury goods market collaborations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-10 |title=France-China Relations: Trade, Investment, and Recent Developments |url=https://www.china-briefing.com/news/france-china-relations-trade-investment-and-recent-developments/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=China Briefing News |language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2024, French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne emphasized that France didn't plan to "decouple" from China but instead aimed for an "economic rebalancing" to establish a durable and fair trade partnership. He confirmed that ongoing discussions on "de-risking" with China would be maintained by France and the [[European Union]], with no allusion to potential protectionist measures from the EU.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Santolo |first=Alessandra Scotto di |date=2024-04-01 |title=Macron cosies up to Xi Jinping as EU plans hammer blow to Chinese economy |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1883683/emmanuel-macron-france-china-economy-eu-trade |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Georgia (country)|name=Georgia }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|21 August 1992}} |See [[FranceâGeorgia relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Tbilisi]]. * Georgia has an embassy in Paris. * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]]. * France is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]] and Georgia is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Georgia to the European Union|candidate]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|India }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâIndia relations]] [[File:Dassault Mirage 2000.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The [[Indian Air Force]] has the second largest fleet of France's [[Dassault-Breguet Mirage 2000|Mirage 2000H]] after [[ArmĂ©e de l'Air]].]] France and India established diplomatic relationships soon after India achieved independence in 1947. India's strong diplomatic ties with France resulted in the peaceful cession of [[Puducherry (union territory)|PondichĂ©ry]] to India on 1 November 1954 without any military opposition from France. France was the only country that did not condemn India's decision to go nuclear in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cns.miis.edu/research/india/reaction.htm |title=CNS â World Reaction to the Indian Nuclear Tests |access-date=20 September 2007 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011123140851/http://cns.miis.edu/research/india/reaction.htm |archive-date=23 November 2001 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2003, France became the largest supplier of nuclear fuel and technology to India and remains a large military and economic trade partner. India's permanent member aspirations in the UN Security Council have found very strong support from former French [[President Chirac]]. The decision by the Indian government to purchase French {{sclass2|ScorpĂšne|submarine|1}}s worth US$3 billion and 43 [[Airbus]] aircraft for [[Indian Airlines]] worth US$2.5 billion has further cemented the strategic, military and economic co-operation between India and France. <br />France also became the first country to do nuclear trade with India after NSG waiver on 30 September 2008. * France has an embassy in New Delhi and consulates-generals in [[Bengaluru]], [[Puducherry (city)|Pondicherry]], [[Mumbai]] and [[kolkata]]. * India has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in [[Reunion island]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Indonesia }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâIndonesia relations]] The relations between France and Indonesia have been increasing of late, while Indonesia has become increasingly strategic to the government and people of France. Not only because of economic development (there are 110 French multinational companies operated in Indonesia), it also because France viewed Indonesia has been playing an increasingly significant international role.<ref name="Kompas">{{cite web | title = How French Sees The Relations with Indonesia | url = http://english.kompas.com/read/2009/10/10/08413686/How.French.Sees.The.Relations.with.Indonesia.... | author = Jimbon, Source: Antara | date = 10 October 2009 <!-- , 08:41 --> | publisher = Kompas.com | access-date = 11 February 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130616153222/http://english.kompas.com/read/2009/10/10/08413686/How.French.Sees.The.Relations.with.Indonesia.... | archive-date = 16 June 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The relations between two nations are important as both are democratic republics and both holds significant geopolitical influences in each regions, France is indispensable member of [[European Union]], as well as Indonesia for [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]]. The diplomatic relation between France and Indonesia is also a key element for developing relations between Indonesia and the European Union and between France and the ASEAN.<ref name="Diplomatie">{{cite web | title = France and Indonesia | url = http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/indonesia-489/france-and-indonesia/ | date = 1 August 2012 | publisher= France Diplomatie | access-date =11 February 2013 }}</ref> Both nations are the member of [[G-20 major economies]]. * France has an embassy in [[Jakarta]]. * Indonesia has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Iran }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâIran relations]] Iran has generally enjoyed a friendly relationship with France since the Middle Ages. The travels of [[Jean-Baptiste Tavernier]] are particularly well known to [[Safavid]] Persia. Relations between France and Iran also remained friendly under French President [[Jacques Chirac]]. Recently however, relations have soured over Iran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment and France supporting the referral of Iran to the United Nations Security Council.<ref>David Styan, "Jacques Chirac's 'non': France, Iraq and the United Nations, 1991â2003." ''Modern & Contemporary France'' (2004) 12#2 pp: 371â385.</ref> * France has an embassy in [[Tehran]]. * Iran has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Iraq }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâIraq relations]] Before Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1991, France enjoyed friendly relations with former Iraqi president [[Saddam Hussein]], however the relationship turned sour once Iraq entered Kuwaiti soil and soon France cut off ties with Iraq. Following thirteen years, France resumed relations with Iraq in 2003.<ref name=FranceIraqRestoreRelations>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3886515.stm |title=France and Iraq Restore Relations |access-date=23 August 2008|quote=France and Iraq have restored diplomatic ties after a 13-year break. Iraq's then leader, Saddam Hussein, severed ties in 1991 in protest at France's participation in the war to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait. |publisher=BBC | date=12 July 2004}}</ref> France and Germany opposed the American-British invasion of 2003 to 2011. * France has an embassy in [[Baghdad]]. * Iraq has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Israel }}||{{dts|12 January 1949}}||See [[FranceâIsrael relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Tel Aviv]] and consulates-general in [[Haifa]] and [[Jerusalem]]. * Israel has an embassy in Paris and a consulate-general in [[Marseille]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Japan }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâJapan relations]] Recently France has been very involved in trade and cultural exchange initiatives with Japan. Some people see this as being a result of French leader [[Jacques Chirac]] being a [[Japanophile]]. Chirac has visited Japan over 40 times, probably more than any other world leader outside Japan, and is an expert on the country. France has started the export promotion campaign "Le Japon, c'est possible" and the international liaison personnel exchange [[JET Programme]]. Together they built the ''[[Japanese cultural House in Paris]] ([[French language|French]]: Maison de la culture du Japon Ă Paris)''. France and Japan have also worked together to improve dire health situations from AIDS and underdevelopment in Djibouti, Madagascar, Uganda, and other countries. Japan and France are also known to share ideas with each other in the realms of art and cooking. Japan has been heavily influenced by French cuisine within the past few decades, as seen on the television show [[Iron Chef]]. [[Anime]] is popular in France, and French historical figures and settings from [[medieval]], [[Renaissance]], [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleonic]], and [[World War]] eras have served as models for certain popular stories in Japanese entertainment. The purity of Japanese painting and illustration, and likewise the modernity and elegance of French visual arts has resulted in hybrid styles in those creative fields. * France has an embassy in Tokyo and consulate-general in [[Kyoto]]. * Japan has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Kazakhstan}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|25 January 1992}}||See [[FranceâKazakhstan relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Astana]] and a consulate-general in [[Almaty]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://kz.ambafrance.org/| title = Embassy of France in Astana}}</ref> * Kazakhstan has an embassy in Paris.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.amb-kazakhstan.fr/| title = Embassy of Kazakhstan in Paris}}</ref> * Over 140 enterprises with French capital operate in Kazakhstan, including Total, Areva, Danone, Vicat, Peugeot, Alstom, etc.<ref>{{cite web|title=B. Sagintayev, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry "France-Kazakhstan" discuss prospects for expanding cooperation|url=http://www.government.kz/en/novosti/1013625-b-sagintayev-representatives-of-the-chamber-of-commerce-and-industry-france-kazakhstan-discuss-prospects-for-expanding-cooperation.html|website=www.government.kz|access-date=4 May 2018|archive-date=5 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505070327/http://www.government.kz/en/novosti/1013625-b-sagintayev-representatives-of-the-chamber-of-commerce-and-industry-france-kazakhstan-discuss-prospects-for-expanding-cooperation.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Kuwait}}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Kuwait City]]. * Kuwait has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Laos}}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Vientiane]]. * Laos has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Lebanon }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâLebanon relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Beirut]]. * Lebanon has an embassy in Paris and a consulate-general in Marseille. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Malaysia }}||1957||See [[FranceâMalaysia relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Kuala Lumpur]]. * Malaysia has an embassy in Paris. * The relations started after the [[Federation of Malaya]] achieved independence in 1957, although the first Malayan ambassador to France only arrived in Paris in 1959.<ref name="MarcinkowskiChevallier-Govers2011">{{cite book|author1=Christoph Marcinkowski|author2=Constance Chevallier-Govers|author3=Ruhanas Harun|title=Malaysia and the European Union: Perspectives for the Twenty-first Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VFrfBP52_1wC&pg=PA34|year=2011|publisher=LIT Verlag MĂŒnster|isbn=978-3-643-80085-5|pages=34â}}</ref> During the administration of [[Jacques Chirac]] and [[Mahathir Mohamad]], the relations significantly improved especially in economics, politics and culturally aspects.<ref name="MarcinkowskiChevallier-Govers2011"/> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Myanmar}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâMyanmar relations]] Following the end of [[World War II]], ambassador-level diplomatic relationships between France and Burma were established in 1948, soon after the Burmese nation became an independent republic on 4 January 1948, as ''Union of Burma'', with [[Sao Shwe Thaik]] as its first President and [[U Nu]] as its first Prime Minister. * France has an embassy in [[Yangon]]. * Myanmar has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|North Korea }}||<!--Date started-->{{N/a}}||See [[FranceâNorth Korea relations]] Relations between the France and North Korea are officially non-existent. France is one of the two [[European Union]] members not to recognise North Korea, the other being Estonia. France therefore officially recognises South Korean sovereignty over the [[Korean peninsula]]. There is no French embassy, nor any other type of French diplomatic representation, in [[Pyongyang]], and no DPRK embassy in Paris. There is, however, a North Korean diplomatic office in [[Neuilly sur Seine]], near Paris.<ref name="questions.assemblee-nationale.fr">{{cite web|url=http://questions.assemblee-nationale.fr/q12/12-58175QE.htm |title=Official website of the French National Assembly |publisher=Questions.assemblee-nationale.fr |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.abm.fr/fiche/cdn2a.html Address of the North Korean diplomatic representation in France] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104031219/http://www.abm.fr/fiche/cdn2a.html |date=4 January 2010 }}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Pakistan }}||<!--Date started--> |See [[FranceâPakistan relations]] Pakistan and France have high levels of diplomatic meetings and enjoy very friendly bilateral relations. However, these good relations haven't been around very long due to a variety of reasons. Trade between the two countries is generally increasing with time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/16-french-nuclear-offer-hs-01|website=dawn.com|title=French nuclear 'offer'|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521114147/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/16-french-nuclear-offer-hs-01|archive-date=21 May 2009}}</ref> See also [[Pakistanis in France]], [[Musa Javed Chohan]]: former ambassador of Pakistan to France and recipient of the [[Ordre National du Merite]] for the promotion of bilateral cooperation between France and Pakistan. * France has an embassy in [[Islamabad]]. * Pakistan has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Philippines }}||<!--1947-->||See [[FranceâPhilippines relations]] The FranceâPhilippines relations refers to the foreign relations between France and the Philippines. In 1947, France and the Philippines signed a Treaty of Amity which established diplomatic relations with the two countries. * France has an embassy in [[Manila]]. * Philippines has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Qatar}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâQatar relations]] Qatar is dependent on France for around 80% of its military imports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/proche-moyen-orient/le-qatar-un-emirat-francophile_743668.html|title=Le Qatar, un Ă©mirat francophile|work=L'Express|author=Dominique Lagarde|language=fr|date=27 February 2009|access-date=13 September 2015}}</ref> The first bilateral agreement between the two countries was signed in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-qa.org/Agreements-and-Treaties|title=Agreements and Treaties|publisher=French Embassy in Doha|access-date=13 September 2015}}</ref> A defense pact was signed in 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.albawaba.com/business/qatari-exports-france-double-over-2000|title=Qatari exports to France double over 2000|website=Al Bawaba|date=24 June 2001|access-date=13 September 2015}}</ref> Qatar's sovereign wealth fund has stakes in numerous French companies, including [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]], [[Vivendi]], and [[Vinci SA]]. * France has an embassy in [[Doha]]. * Qatar has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Saudi Arabia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâSaudi Arabia relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Riyadh]] and a consulate-general in [[Jeddah]].. * Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Singapore }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâSingapore relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Singapore]]. * Singapore has an embassy Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|South Korea }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|4 June 1886}}||See [[FranceâSouth Korea relations]] The establishment of diplomatic relations between France and South Korea began on 4 June 1886. France and South Korea maintain very good relations. They collaborate on many topics and issues that are facing the world today. This was seen especially on the question of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) which is of course a matter of great importance for both countries Besides bilateral cooperation France and South Korea also work together in international organizations such as the United Nations, [[UNESCO]], the [[OECD]], etc. On the matter of North Korea, France is one of the few European countries (EU/[[European Economic Area|EEA]]) to not have official diplomatic relations with North Korea. France has supported the [[Six-party talks]] as well as the role of the [[IAEA]] in finding solutions to the [[North Korea and weapons of mass destruction|nuclear]] issue. The French Government had made an agreement of the [[Working Holiday Visa]] program with South Korea. * France has an embassy in [[Seoul]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://kr.ambafrance.org/ |title = La France en CorĂ©e - Ambassade de France Ă SĂ©oul}}</ref> * South Korea has an embassy in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://overseas.mofa.go.kr/fr-ko/index.do |title = ìŁŒ íëì€ ëíëŻŒê” ëìŹêŽ}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Sri Lanka }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|27 October 1948}}|| * France has an embassy in [[Colombo]]. * Sri Lanka has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Syria}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâSyria relations]] France recognized the SNC on 21 November 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://euobserver.com/13/114380|author=Andrew Rettman|title=France recognises Syrian council, proposes military intervention|date=24 October 2011|access-date=24 November 2011|publisher=EUObserwer}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Thailand }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâThailand relations]] FranceâThailand relations cover a period from the 16th century until modern times. Relations started in earnest during the reign of [[Louis XIV]] with numerous reciprocal embassies, and a major attempt by France to Christianize [[Siam]] (modern Thailand) and establish a French [[protectorate]], which failed when the country revolted against foreign intrusions in 1688. France would only return more than a century and a half later as a modernized [[colonial power]], engaging in a struggle for territory and influence against Thailand in the [[Indochinese Peninsula]], which would last until the 20th century. * France has an embassy in [[Bangkok]]. * Thailand has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Turkey}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâTurkey relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Ankara]] and a consulate-general in [[Istanbul]]. * Turkey has an embassy in Paris. * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]]. * France is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member State of the European Union|member]] and Turkey is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Turkey to the European Union|candidate]]. France opposes Turkey's accession negotiations to the EU, although negotiations have now been suspended. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Turkmenistan }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâTurkmenistan relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Ashgabat]]. * Turkmenistan has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|United Arab Emirates}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâUnited Arab Emirates relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Abu Dhabi]] and a consulate-general in [[Dubai]]. * United Arab Emirates has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Vietnam }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâVietnam relations]] FranceâVietnam relations started as early as the 17th century with the mission of the [[Jesuit]] father [[Alexandre de Rhodes]]. Various traders would visit Vietnam during the 18th century, until the major involvement of French forces under [[Pigneau de BĂ©haine]] to help establish the [[Nguyá» n dynasty]] from 1787 to 1789. France was heavily involved in Vietnam in the 19th century under the pretext of protecting the work of Catholic missionaries in the country. France progressively carved for itself a huge colony, which would form [[French Indochina]] in 1887. France continued to rule Vietnam as a colony until France's defeat in the [[First Indochina War]] and the proclamation of Vietnam's independence in 1954. * France has an embassy in [[Hanoi]] and a consulate-general in [[Ho Chi Minh City]]. * Vietnam has an embassy in Paris. |- |{{Flag|Yemen}} | |France began to show increasing interest in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, particularly. The country became actively supportive towards the two Arab nations in their involvement in the Yemen civil war, becoming one of the crucial arms suppliers. There had been a number of calls from the human rights organizations for France to halt their arms sales to both Saudi and the UAE, which were known for causing a humanitarian crisis in Yemen. |} ===Europe=== France has maintained its status as key power in Western Europe because of its size, location, strong economy, membership in European organizations, strong military posture and energetic diplomacy. France generally has worked to strengthen the global economic and political influence of the EU and its role in common European defense and [[collective security]]. France supports the development of a [[European Security and Defence Identity]] (ESDI) as the foundation of efforts to enhance security in the European Union. France cooperates closely with Germany and Spain in this endeavor. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- ! style="width:15%;"| Country ! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations began !Notes |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Albania }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[AlbaniaâFrance relations]] [[Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë]] * Albania has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Tirana]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Andorra }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[AndorraâFrance relations]] * Andorra has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Andorra la Vella]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Austria }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[AustriaâFrance relations]] * Austria has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Vienna]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Belarus }}||<!--Date started-->|| * Belarus has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Minsk]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Belgium }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[BelgiumâFrance relations]] * Belgium has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in Marseille and Strasbourg. * France has an embassy in [[Brussels]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Bosnia and Herzegovina }}||<!--Date started-->|| France was the first country to open embassy in besieged Sarajevo in January 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-ba.org/spip.php?article306/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331112356/http://www.ambafrance-ba.org/spip.php?article306/|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 March 2012|title=La France en Bosnie-HerzĂ©govine|access-date=19 February 2015}}</ref> Centre AndrĂ© Malraux<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.malraux.ba/ |title=WWW.MALRAUX.BA |access-date=5 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208001138/http://www.malraux.ba/ |archive-date=8 February 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and French primary school<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.efmlfsarajevo.org/|title=Efmlfsarajevo.org|access-date=19 February 2015|archive-date=19 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219162803/http://www.efmlfsarajevo.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref> are located in Sarajevo and French Institute and French Cultural Centre offices are present in [[Banja Luka]], [[Mostar]] and [[Tuzla]]. Since October 2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina is an observer on the [[Francophonie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.francophonie.org/Bosnie-Herzegovine.html|title=Bosnie HerzĂ©govine â Organisation internationale de la Francophonie|access-date=19 February 2015|archive-date=8 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308085203/http://www.francophonie.org/Bosnie-Herzegovine.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Bosnia and Herzegovina has an embassy in Paris<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amb-bosnie-herzegovine.fr/|title=Ambassade de Bosnie-HerzĂ©govine en France|access-date=19 February 2015}}</ref> * France has an embassy in [[Sarajevo]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Bulgaria }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|8 July 1879}}||See [[BulgariaâFrance relations]] * Bulgaria has an embassy in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|author=V.Todorov |url=http://www.amb-bulgarie.fr/ |title=Bulgarian embassy in Paris (in French only) |publisher=Amb-bulgarie.fr |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> * France has an embassy in [[Sofia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ambafrance-bg.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020327041403/http://www.ambafrance-bg.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 March 2002 |title=French embassy in Sofia (in French and Bulgarian only) |publisher=Ambafrance-bg.org |access-date=10 June 2011 }}</ref> * Both nations are members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. * Bulgaria is a full member of the [[Francophonie]] since 1993. French president [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], has been essential for the liberation of the Bulgarian nurse in the [[HIV trial in Libya]]. * [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/bulgaria_354/index.html French Foreign Ministry about relations with Bulgaria] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224215320/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/bulgaria_354/index.html |date=24 February 2012 }} |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Croatia }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[CroatiaâFrance relations]] * Croatia has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Zagreb]]. * Both nations are members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. * Croatia was [[Illyrian Provinces|an autonomous state of the first French Republic]] |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Cyprus }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[CyprusâFrance relations]] * Cyprus has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Nicosia]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Czech Republic }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Czech RepublicâFrance relations]] * Czech Republic has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Prague]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Denmark }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[DenmarkâFrance relations]] * Denmark has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Copenhagen]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Estonia }}||<!--Date started-->|| * Estonia has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Tallinn]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Finland }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FinlandâFrance relations]] * Finland has an embassy in Paris. * France has an embassy in [[Helsinki]]. * Both nations are members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Germany }}||<!--Date started--> |See [[FranceâGermany relations]] [[Franco-German cooperation]] is widely seen as the engine of European integration. * France has an embassy in Berlin and consulates-general in [[DĂŒsseldorf]], [[Frankfurt]], [[Hamburg]], [[Munich]], [[SaarbrĂŒcken]] and [[Stuttgart]]. * Germany has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in [[Bordeaux]], [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]] and [[Strasbourg]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" | {{flagu|Greece}}||<!-- date relations started-->1833|| See [[France-Greece relations]] Embassy level relations were established in 1833 (only three years after the Greek independence).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/greece_332/index.html|title=Greece|author=The French Ministry of Foreign affairs|work=France Diplomatie :: The French Ministry of Foreign affairs|access-date=19 February 2015|archive-date=19 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219165642/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/greece_332/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Europe/Relationships+with+EU+Member+States/France/ Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with France] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185612/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Europe/Relationships+with+EU+Member+States/France/ |date=30 September 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-gr.org/|title=Ambassade de France en GrĂšce â Î ÏΔÏÎČΔία ÏÎ·Ï ÎÎ±Î»Î»ÎŻÎ±Ï ÏÏηΜ ÎλλΏΎα â La France en GrĂšce|access-date=19 February 2015|archive-date=8 March 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010308090554/http://www.ambafrance-gr.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amb-grece.fr/|title=Nouvelle page 2|access-date=19 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722043643/http://www.amb-grece.fr/|archive-date=22 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The two countries share membership of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]] and maintain [[Special relationship (international relations)|special relations]]. They were allies during both [[World Wars]], [[Korean War]] and the [[Cold War]] and have never been adversaries of each other. Greece is a member of [[La Francophonie]]. * France has an embassy in [[Athens]]. * Greece has an embassy in Paris. * Both nations are members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Holy See }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâHoly See relations]] * The Holy See has an [[Apostolic Nunciature]] in Paris. * France has an embassy to the Holy See based in Rome. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Hungary }}||<!--Date started--> |See [[FranceâHungary relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Budapest]]. * Hungary has an embassy in Paris. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Iceland }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâIceland relations]] * France has an embassy in [[ReykjavĂk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance.is/ |title=France embassy in ReykjavĂk |publisher=Ambafrance.is |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> * Iceland has an embassy in Paris and 7 honorary consulates in [[Bordeaux]], [[Caen]], [[Dieppe, Seine-Maritime|Dieppe]], [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], Nice, [[Strasbourg]].<ref>[http://www.iceland.org/fr/english/about-the-embassy/ Iceland embassy in Paris] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101193817/http://www.iceland.org/fr/english/about-the-embassy/ |date=1 January 2011 }}</ref> * Both countries are [[NATO]] members. * [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/iceland_416/index.html France Foreign Affairs Ministry about relations with Iceland] |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Ireland }}||<!--Date started-->1922 |See [[FranceâIreland relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Dublin]]. * Ireland has an embassy in Paris and a consulate-general in [[Lyon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.embassyofireland.fr/home/index.aspx?id=30660 |title=Irish embassy in Paris |publisher=Embassyofireland.fr |access-date=24 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018042341/http://www.embassyofireland.fr/home/index.aspx?id=30660 |archive-date=18 October 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. * Both countries, throughout history, were very friendly with each other, and both fought against Great Britain cooperatively, especially during the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798|1798 Uprising]] * [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/ireland_340/index.html French Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Ireland] |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Italy }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâItaly relations]] * France has an embassy in Rome and consulates-general in [[Milan]] and [[Naples]]. * Italy has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in Lyon, Marseille, Metz and Nice. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Kosovo}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|18 February 2008}} |''See [[FranceâKosovo relations]]'' When Kosovo [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|declared its independence]] from Serbia on 17 February 2008, France became one of the first countries to announce official recognition of sovereign Kosovo. * France has an embassy in [[Pristina]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.expatries.diplomatie.gouv.fr/default.aspx?SID=12291&DYN_VIEW=DETAIL&PAYS=KOSOVO| title = Ambassades et consulats français Ă l'Ă©tranger<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> * Kosovo has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Latvia }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|30 August 1991}} | * France recognized Latvia on 26 January 1921. France has never recognised the annexation of Latvia by the former [[Soviet Union]]. France re-recognized Latvia on 27 August 1991. * France has an embassy in [[Riga]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ambafrance-lv.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001204155000/http://www.ambafrance-lv.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 December 2000 |title=French embassy in Riga (in French and Latvian only) |publisher=Ambafrance-lv.org |access-date=10 June 2011 }}</ref> * Latvia has an embassy in Paris and 9 honorary consulates (in [[Bordeaux]], [[Calais]], [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Nancy, France|Nancy]], [[Nantes]], [[Saint-Ătienne]], [[Strasbourg]] and [[Toulouse]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.am.gov.lv/paris |title=Latvian embassy in Paris (in French and Latvian only) |publisher=Am.gov.lv |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]] and of the [[European Union]]. Since 2008, Latvia is an observer on the [[Francophonie]]. * [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/latvia_341/index.html French Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Latvia] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080621120822/http://www.am.gov.lv/en/policy/bilateral-relations/4542/France/ Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with France] |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Lithuania }}||<!--Date started--> | * France has an embassy in [[Vilnius]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ambafrance-lt.org/spip.php?rubrique1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314104007/http://www.ambafrance-lt.org/spip.php?rubrique1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 March 2011 |title=French embassy in Vilnius (in French and Lithuanian only) |publisher=Ambafrance-lt.org |access-date=10 June 2011 }}</ref> * Lithuania has an embassy in Paris and 5 honorary consulates (in [[Bordeaux]], [[Marseille]], [[Rouen]], [[Troyes]] and [[Valence, DrĂŽme|Valence]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fr.mfa.lt/ |title=Lithuanian embassy in Paris (in French and Lithuanian only) |publisher=Fr.mfa.lt |access-date=10 June 2011 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722151717/http://fr.mfa.lt/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]] and of the [[European Union]]. Since 1999, Lithuania is an observer on the [[Francophonie]]. * [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/lithuania_342/index.html French Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Lithuania] * [http://www.urm.lt/index.php?241107729 Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Poland (in Lithuanian only)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327102136/http://www.urm.lt/index.php?241107729 |date=27 March 2012 }} |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Luxembourg }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâLuxembourg relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Luxembourg City]]. * Luxembourg has an embassy in Paris and a consulate-general in Strasbourg. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Malta }}||<!--Date started--> | * The former president of France, [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] went to Malta on a private trip just after his election in May 2007. * [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/malta-republic_345/index.html French Foreign Ministry about relations with Malta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406100818/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/malta-republic_345/index.html |date=6 April 2012 }} * France has an embassy in [[Valletta]]. * Malta has an embassy in Paris. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Moldova }}||<!--Date started-->|| * France opened an [[French Embassy, ChiĆinÄu|Embassy in ChiĆinÄu]]. * Moldova has an embassy in Paris. * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]]. * France is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]] and Moldova is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Moldova to the European Union|candidate]]. * France and Moldova have signed a Defence Cooperation Agreement.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Moldova signs defence pact with France amid Russia fears|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldova-signs-defence-pact-with-france-amid-russia-fears-2024-03-07/|date=7 March 2024|website=Reuters|access-date=24 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=France and Moldova set to sign a defense cooperation pact|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/03/06/france-and-moldova-set-to-sign-a-defense-cooperation-pact_6591241_4.html|date=6 March 2024|website=Le Monde|access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Monaco }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâMonaco relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Monte Carlo]]. * Monaco has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Montenegro }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|14 June 2006}} | * France has an embassy in [[Podgorica]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ambafrance-me.org/ |title=French embassy in Podgorica (in French only) |publisher=Ambafrance-me.org |access-date=10 June 2011 |archive-date=23 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623164033/http://ambafrance-me.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Montenegro has an embassy in Paris. * [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/montenegro_3707/index.html French Foreign Ministry about relations with Montenegro] * France is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]] and Montenegro is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Montenegro to the European Union|candidate]]. * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Netherlands }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâNetherlands relations]] * Both countries fought in the [[Franco-Dutch War]]. * The two countries share a border in the [[Caribbean]] island of [[Saint Martin (island)|Saint Martin]], to which the northern part of the island is a French [[overseas collectivity]] known as the [[Collectivity of Saint Martin]], while the southern part of the island is a Dutch [[Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands|constituent country]] known as [[Sint Maarten]]. * France has an embassy in [[The Hague]] with consulates in [[Amsterdam]], [[Groningen]], [[Maastricht]], [[Middelburg, Zeeland|Middelburg]], [[Rotterdam]], [['s-Hertogenbosch]], and [[Utrecht]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Embassy of France in The Hague, Netherlands|url=http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy12961/|publisher=EmbassyPages.com|access-date=6 November 2015}}</ref> * The Netherlands maintains an embassy in Paris with consulates in [[Ajaccio]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Brest, France|Brest]], [[Calais]], [[Le Havre]], [[Lille]], [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Montpellier]], Nice, [[Strasbourg]], and [[Toulouse]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Embassy of the Netherlands in Paris, France|url=http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy8177/|publisher=EmbassyPages.com|access-date=6 November 2015}}</ref> * Both nations are members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|North Macedonia}}||<!--Date started-->|| * France has an embassy in [[Skopje]]. * North Macedonia has an embassy in Paris. * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]]. * France is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]] and North Macedonia is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union|candidate]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Norway }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâNorway relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Oslo]]. * Norway has an embassy in Paris. * Both countries are full members of [[NATO]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Poland }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâPoland relations]] Polish-French relations date several centuries, although they became really relevant only with times of [[French Revolution]] and reign of [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon I]]. Poles have been [[Duchy of Warsaw|allies of Napoleon]]; [[Great Emigration|large Polish community]] settled in France in the 19th century, and [[Franco-Polish Military Alliance|Poles and French were also allies]] during the [[interwar period]]. The official relations, having cooled down during the [[Cold War]], have improved since the [[Revolutions of 1989|fall of communism]]. Currently both countries are part of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. * France has an embassy in [[Warsaw]] and a consulate-general in [[KrakĂłw]]. * Poland has an embassy in Paris and a consulate-general in [[Lyon]]. * Both nations are members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Portugal }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâPortugal relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Lisbon]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://pt.ambafrance.org| title = Embassy of France in Lisbon}}</ref> * Portugal has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in [[Bordeaux]], [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Strasbourg]] and a vice-consulate in [[Toulouse]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://paris.embaixadaportugal.mne.gov.pt/pt/| title = Embassy of Portugal in Paris| newspaper = Embaixada de Portugal Em França}}</ref> * Both nations are members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Romania }}||<!--Date started-->1396 | See [[FranceâRomania relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Bucharest]]. * Romania has an embassy in Paris. * Both nations are members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Russia }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâRussia relations]] After the breakup of the USSR in 1991, bilateral relations between France and Russia were warm. On 7 February 1992, France signed a bilateral treaty, recognizing Russia as a successor of the USSR. Good relations ended in 2022 as France gave strong support to Ukraine when Russia invaded.<ref>"Macron to tackle 'means to ensure Russia's defeat' at Munich security summit" ''France 24'' Feb. 15, 2023. [https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230215-live-un-appeals-for-5-6-billion-in-aid-for-ukraine-in-2023-as-war-rages-on online]</ref> * France has an embassy in Moscow and consulates-general in [[Saint Petersburg]] and [[Yekaterinburg]]. * Russia has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in Marseille and Strasbourg. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Serbia }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|18 January 1879}}||See [[FranceâSerbia relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Belgrade]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ambafrance-srb.org/ |title=French embassy in Belgrade (in French and Serbian only) |publisher=Ambafrance-srb.org |access-date=10 June 2011 |archive-date=15 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215170512/http://www.ambafrance-srb.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Serbia has an embassy in Paris and 2 consulates (in [[Lyon]] and [[Strasbourg]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amb-serbie.fr/code/navigate.php?Id=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629001659/http://www.amb-serbie.fr/code/navigate.php?Id=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2007 |title=Serbian embassy in Paris(in French and Serbian only) |publisher=Amb-serbie.fr |access-date=10 June 2011 }}</ref> * France is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]] and Serbia is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Serbia to the European Union|candidate]]. * Since 2006, Serbia is an observer on the [[Francophonie]]. * There are between 70,000 and 100,000 people of [[Serbian diaspora|Serbian descent]] living in France. * [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/serbia_362/index.html French Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Serbia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006180135/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/serbia_362/index.html |date=6 October 2012 }} * [http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Policy/Bilaterala/France/index_e.html Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with France] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402030346/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Policy/Bilaterala/France/index_e.html |date=2 April 2012 }} |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Slovakia }}||<!--Date started-->1993 | * France has an embassy in [[Bratislava]] and 2 honorary consulates in [[KoĆĄice]] and [[Martin, Slovakia|Martin]].<ref>{{cite web |title=CoordonnĂ©es, horaires et jours fĂ©riĂ©s. - La France en Slovaquie |url=https://sk.ambafrance.org/Coordonnees-horaires-et-jours-feries |language=fr |publisher=Ambassade de France en Slovaquie |access-date=2025-02-25}}</ref> * Slovakia has an embassy in Paris and 2 honorary consulates (in [[Grenoble]] and [[Marseille]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mzv.sk/web/pariz/kontakt |title=Kontakt {{!}} VeÄŸvyslanectvo Slovenskej republiky v ParĂĆŸi |language=sk |publisher=Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs |access-date=2025-02-25}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. *[http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/slovakia_349/index.html French Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Slovakia] |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Slovenia }}||<!--Date started--> | * France has an embassy in [[Ljubljana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance.si/ |title=French embassy in Ljubljana (in French and Slovenian only) |publisher=Ambafrance.si |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> * Slovenia has an embassy in Paris. * Since 1999, Slovenia is an observer on the [[Francophonie]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. * [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/slovenia_350/index.html French Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Slovenia] |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Spain }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâSpain relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Madrid]] and consulates-general in [[Barcelona]], [[Bilbao]] and [[Seville]]. * Spain has an embassy in Paris and maintains several consulates-general throughout France. * Both nations are members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Sweden }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâSweden relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://se.ambafrance.org| title = Embassy of France in Sweden}}</ref> * Sweden has an embassy in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/fr-FR/Embassies/Paris/ |title=Embassy of Sweden in France |access-date=26 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111011059/http://www.swedenabroad.com/fr-FR/Embassies/Paris/ |archive-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Switzerland }}||1798 |See [[FranceâSwitzerland relations]] * France has an embassy in [[Bern]] and consulates-general in [[Geneva]] and [[ZĂŒrich]]. * Switzerland has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]] and [[Strasbourg]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Ukraine }}||{{dts|24 January 1992}} |See [[FranceâUkraine relations]] * [[Embassy of France, Kyiv|France has an embassy in]] [[Kyiv]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ambafrance-ua.org/ |title=French embassy in Kyiv (in French and Ukrainian only) |publisher=Ambafrance-ua.org |access-date=10 June 2011 |archive-date=16 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616003325/http://www.ambafrance-ua.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Embassy of Ukraine, Paris|Ukraine has an embassy in]] Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.ua/france/ |title=Ukrainian embassy in Paris |publisher=Mfa.gov.ua |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]]. * France is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]] and Ukraine is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Ukraine to the European Union|candidate]]. * Since 2006, Ukraine has been an observer on the [[Francophonie]] organisation. * [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/ukraine_600/index.html French Foreign Ministry about relations with Ukraine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006180318/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/ukraine_600/index.html |date=6 October 2012 }} |- valign="top" |{{flagu|United Kingdom }}||<!--Date started--> |See [[FranceâUnited Kingdom relations]] France established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] in 1396.<ref name="britain"/>{{failed verification|reason=The source does not state when France and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations.|date=February 2025}} * France maintains an [[Embassy of France, London|embassy]] in London, and consulates general in London and [[Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Embassy of France, London|French Embassy in London]]|url=https://uk.ambafrance.org/-The-Embassy-|title=The Embassy|website=France in the United Kingdom|access-date=12 February 2024|archive-date=7 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207194743/http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/spip.php?page=sommaire&id_rubrique=2|url-status=live}}</ref> *The United Kingdom is accredited to France through its [[Embassy of the United Kingdom, Paris|embassy]] in [[Paris]], and consulates in [[Bordeaux]] and [[Marseille]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-paris|title=British Embassy Paris|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=9 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809031658/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-paris|archive-date=9 August 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Both countries share common membership of the [[Council of Europe]], [[European Court of Human Rights]], [[G7]], [[G20]], the [[International Criminal Court]], [[NATO]], [[OECD]], [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]], and the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have the [[Combined Joint Expeditionary Force]], a Double Taxation Convention,<ref>{{Cite web|author=[[HM Revenue and Customs]]|date=7 January 2010|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/france-tax-treaties|title=France: tax treaties|website=GOV.UK|access-date=22 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130212928/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/france-tax-treaties|archive-date=30 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Lancaster House Treaties]]. A chronic point of contention is the future of the [[European Union]]. Under French president [[Charles de Gaulle]] France opposed on several occasions the UK joining the European Economic Community (as the EU was then called). De Gaulle argued that the UK had extensive alliances outside Europe, especially with the United States, and was famously suspicious of its European neighbours. After the UK joined the EEC, British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] argued for and won a reduction of its contributions to the EEC budget. As Prime Minister, [[Tony Blair]] expressed scepticism at French economic policies, but forged an alliance with President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]. |} ===Oceania=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- ! style="width:15%;"| Country ! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations began !Notes |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Australia }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[AustraliaâFrance relations]] In August 2009, [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] became the first serving French leader to visit Australia.<ref>[https://www.thetimes.com/article/president-sarkozy-to-make-history-on-visit-to-australia-jmcllvbbbcz "President Sarkozy to make history on visit to Australia"], ''The Times'', 26 May 2009</ref> The ''[[The Courier-Mail|Courier Mail]]'' reported that "serious bilateral issues" for Sarkozy and [[Kevin Rudd]] to discuss included "the [[War in Afghanistan (2001â2021)|war in Afghanistan]] and [[global warming]]".<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25529329-954,00.html "French President Nicolas Sarkozy to visit Australia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527122659/http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25529329-954,00.html |date=27 May 2009 }}, ''Courier Mail'', 24 May 2009</ref> * Australia has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in [[NoumĂ©a]] and [[Papeete]]. * France has an embassy in [[Canberra]] and a consulate-general in Sydney. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Fiji }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FijiâFrance relations]] Relations between France and Fiji are currently strained, due to France's condemnation of the [[2006 Fijian coup d'Ă©tat|coup d'Ă©tat in Fiji in December 2006]]. Previously, Franco-Fiji bilateral relations had primarily been centred on military cooperation, with France assisting Fiji in surveiling its maritime zone, and on development aid. French military assistance was suspended after the coup. French aid to Fiji includes the providing of equipment for poor and isolated areas, and assistance in the development of [[renewable energy]]. France also provides Fiji with translations into English of French scientific documents pertaining to the Pacific area. France promotes [[French culture]] and the French language in Fiji through the presence of the [[Alliance Française]] and by encouraging the teaching of French in schools and at the [[University of the South Pacific]]. The French embassy in Suva is accredited to Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/pays-zones-geo_833/fidji_577/index.html |title=Iles Fidji â France-Diplomatie-MinistĂšre des Affaires Ă©trangĂšres et europĂ©ennes |publisher=Diplomatie.gouv.fr |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> * Fiji is accredited to France from its embassy in Brussels, Belgium. * France has an embassy in [[Suva]]. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Kiribati }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâKiribati relations]] The two countries maintain official diplomatic relations, but no diplomatic presence on each other's territory; the French embassy in [[Suva]] is accredited to Kiribati.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/pays-zones-geo_833/kiribati_585/france-kiribati_14611/relations-politiques_37705.html |title=PrĂ©sentation â France-Diplomatie-MinistĂšre des Affaires Ă©trangĂšres et europĂ©ennes |publisher=Diplomatie.gouv.fr |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Nauru}}||<!--Date started--> | In 1995, Nauru broke off relations diplomatic relations with France to protest French nuclear testing in the Pacific. Relations were resumed in 1997.<ref>AFP news agency 12 December 1997 [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F99F68FB6B9EAF3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Micronesian state of Nauru re-establishes diplomatic relations with France]</ref> Nauruan President [[Ludwig Scotty]] paid a State visit to Paris in June 2006, when he attended a France-Oceania multilateral summit. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|New Zealand }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâNew Zealand relations]] Relations between France and New Zealand have been rocky at the best of times, but more recently become much closer. Bilateral relations have been good since [[World War I]] and [[World War II]], with both countries working extremely closely during either conflicts, but the relationship was severely jeopardised by the [[sinking of the Rainbow Warrior]] in [[Auckland]] on 10 July 1985 by French ''Direction GĂ©nĂ©rale de la SĂ©curitĂ© ExtĂ©rieure'' ([[DGSE]]) agents. New Zealand was put under fierce economic strain by France following the attack with [[French Government]] demanding the agents who carried out the attack to be released by the New Zealand government. Since then there has been some animosity among New Zealanders towards the French, but since the 20th anniversary of the bombing in 2005, there were signs that New Zealand had begun to warm to the French. There has been speculation that this acceptance of the French by the New Zealand people has a lot to do with the [[History of rugby union matches between All Blacks and France|historic rivalry]] between both countries' Rugby teams. * France has an embassy in [[Wellington]]. * New Zealand has an embassy in Paris. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Papua New Guinea }}||<!--Date started-->1976||See [[FranceâPapua New Guinea relations]] Relations between the French Republic and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea are limited but cordial. Papua New Guinea is a member of the United Nations' [[Special Committee on Decolonization]]. The French government has noted what it calls Port Moresby's "moderate" attitude on the issue of the decolonisation of [[New Caledonia]] â which, like Papua New Guinea, is located in [[Melanesia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=UN calls on France to give Caledonians chance of having independence. |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QVgVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3269,1675467&dq=papua+new+guinea+france+decolonisation |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=19 March 1987 |access-date=4 June 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The [[French National Assembly]] maintains a Friendship Group with Papua New Guinea. * France has an embassy in [[Port Moresby]]. * Papua New Guinea is accredited to France from its embassy in Brussels, Belgium. |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Solomon Islands}}||<!--Date started-->|| Relations between both countries are very limited.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/solomon-islands/france-and-solomon-islands/ | title=France and Solomon islands}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{flagu|Vanuatu }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[FranceâVanuatu relations]] Vanuatu, then known as the [[New Hebrides]], was a Franco-British [[Condominium (international law)|Condominium]] from 1906 to 1980, and maintained formal relations with both of its former colonial masters after gaining independence. Francoâni-Vanuatu relations were rocked by a series of crises in the 1980s, and broke down completely on several occasions, with Vanuatu expelling the French ambassador in 1981, in 1984 and in 1987. Relations improved from the 1990s onwards, and, today, France provides development aid to Vanuatu. The two countries also share amicable economic and cultural relations; both are members of the [[Organisation internationale de la Francophonie]]. * France has an embassy in [[Port Vila]]. * Vanuatu has consulate-general in [[NoumĂ©a]], [[New Caledonia]]. |}
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