Editing Foreign relations of France (section)

===Americas===
{{Main|France–Americas relations}}
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|{{flagu|Argentina}}||<!--Date started-->1829||See [[Argentina–France 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 }}
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|{{flagu|Barbados}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|3 May 1968}}||See [[Barbados–France 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]].
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|{{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.
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|{{flagu|Bolivia }}||<!--Date started-->||

* Bolivia has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[La Paz]].
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|{{flagu|Brazil}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Brazil–France 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 – 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 [[Brasília]] and consulates-general in [[Rio de Janeiro]] and [[São Paulo]] and a consulate in [[Recife]].
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|{{flagu|Canada}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Canada–France 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 ''Délégation générale du Québec à Paris''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.international.gouv.qc.ca/fr/paris|title=Voici le Québec - Délégation générale du Québec à 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>
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|{{flagu|Chile}}||<!--Date started-->1846||See [[Chile–France relations]]

* Chile has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[Santiago]].
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|{{flagu|Colombia}}||<!--Date started-->1830||See [[Colombia–France 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 [[Bogotá]].
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|{{flagu|Costa Rica }}||<!--Date started-->||

* Costa Rica has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]].
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|{{flagu|Cuba}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Cuba–France relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[Havana]].

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|{{flagu|Commonwealth of Dominica}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|17 January 1979}}||See [[Dominica–France relations|Commonwealth of Dominica–France relations]]

* The Commonwealth of Dominica has an embassy in London.
* France has a regional embassy in [[Castries]], [[Saint Lucia]].
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|{{flagu|Dominican Republic }}||<!--Date started-->||

* Dominican Republic has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in Marseille and [[Pointe-à-Pitre]].
* France has an embassy in [[Santo Domingo]].
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|{{flagu|Ecuador }}||<!--Date started-->||

* Ecuador has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[Quito]].
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|{{flagu|El Salvador}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|2 January 1858}}||See [[El Salvador–France relations]]

* El Salvador has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[San Salvador]].
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|{{flagu|Guatemala }}||<!--Date started-->||

* France has an embassy in [[Guatemala City]].
* Guatemala has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{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>
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|{{flagu|Haiti}}||<!--Date started-->1825||See [[France–Haiti 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-à-Pitre]], [[Guadeloupe]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ambassadehaitifrance.org| title = Embassy of Haiti in Paris (in French)}}</ref>
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|{{flagu|Honduras }}||<!--Date started-->||
* France has an embassy in [[Tegucigalpa]].
* Honduras has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Mexico}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|26 November 1826}}||See [[France–Mexico 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 – Francia en México|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 }}
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|{{flagu|Nicaragua }}||<!--Date started-->||

* France has an embassy in [[Managua]].
* Nicaragua has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Panama }}||<!--Date started-->||

* France has an embassy in [[Panama City]].
* Panama has an embassy in Paris and a consulate-general in Marseille.
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|{{flagu|Paraguay}}||<!--Date started-->1853
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* Both countries has diplomatic relations since the Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Navigation signed in 1853.
* France has an embassy in [[Asunción]].<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]
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|{{flagu|Peru}}||<!--Date started-->1826||See [[France–Peru relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Lima]].
* Peru has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Saint Lucia }}||<!--Date started-->||

* France has an embassy in [[Castries]].
* Saint Lucia has a consulate in [[Fort-de-France]], [[Martinique]].
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|{{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 [[France–Suriname 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]].
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|{{flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Trinidad 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 (1962–2000) |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. 1–3 (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.
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|{{flagu|United States}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–United 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 [[Israeli–Palestinian 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.
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|{{flagu|Uruguay}}||<!--Date started-->1825||See [[France–Uruguay 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 }}
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|{{flagu|Venezuela}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Venezuela relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Caracas]]
* Venezuela has an embassy in Paris.
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