Editing Foreign relations of France (section)

===Oceania===
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|{{flagu|Australia }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Australia–France 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 (2001–2021)|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 [[Nouméa]] and [[Papeete]].
* France has an embassy in [[Canberra]] and a consulate-general in Sydney.
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|{{flagu|Fiji }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Fiji–France relations]]

Relations between France and Fiji are currently strained, due to France's condemnation of the [[2006 Fijian coup d'état|coup d'état 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 – France-Diplomatie-Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes |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]].
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|{{flagu|Kiribati }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Kiribati 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=Présentation – France-Diplomatie-Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes |publisher=Diplomatie.gouv.fr |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref>
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|{{flagu|Nauru}}||<!--Date started-->
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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.
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|{{flagu|New Zealand }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–New 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 Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure'' ([[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.
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|{{flagu|Papua New Guinea }}||<!--Date started-->1976||See [[France–Papua 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]] – 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.
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|{{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> 
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|{{flagu|Vanuatu }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Vanuatu 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.  Franco–ni-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 [[Nouméa]], [[New Caledonia]].
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