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In the 19th century France built a new [[French colonial empire]] second only to the [[British Empire]]. It was humiliated in the [[Franco-Prussian War]] of 1870–71, which marked the rise of [[German Empire|Germany]] to dominance in Europe. [[Allies of WWI|France allied with Great Britain and Russia]] and was on the winning side of the First World War. Although it was initially easily defeated early in the Second World War, [[Free France]], through its Free French Forces and the [[French Resistance|Resistance]], continued to fight against the [[Axis powers]] as an [[Allied nation]] and was ultimately considered one of the victors of the war, as the allocation of a French [[Allied Occupation Zones in Germany|occupation zone in Germany]] and [[West Berlin]] testifies, as well as the status of permanent member of the [[United Nations Security Council]]. It fought losing colonial wars in [[First Indochina War|Indochina]] (ending in 1954) and [[Algerian War|Algeria]] (ending in 1962). The Fourth Republic collapsed and the Fifth Republic began in 1958 to the present. Under [[Charles de Gaulle]] it tried to block American and British influence on the European community. Since 1945, France has been a founding member of the [[United Nations]], of [[NATO]], and of the [[European Coal and Steel Community]] (the [[European Union]]'s predecessor). As a charter member of the United Nations, France holds one of the permanent seats in the [[Security Council]] and is a member of most of its [[United Nations System|specialized and related agencies]].

France is also a founding member of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]] and the [[La Francophonie]] and plays a key role, both in regional and in international affairs.

On February 14, 2023, as part of their foreign policy in human rights, France showed its support for international justice by signing the Ljubljana-Hague Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation and Prosecution of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes, and other International Crimes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fight against impunity – Signing of the Ljubljana-Hague Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation and Prosecution of the Crime of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes and other International Crimes (14 Feb. 2024) |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/human-rights/news/article/fight-against-impunity-signing-of-the-ljubljana-hague-convention-on |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=France Diplomacy - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs |language=en}}</ref>

==Fifth Republic since 1981==

===François Mitterrand: 1981–1995===
{{Main|Foreign policy of François Mitterrand}}

[[François Mitterrand]], a Socialist, emphasized European unity<ref>Simon J. Nuttall, ''European Foreign Policy'' (2000) p. 41.</ref> and the preservation of France's special relationships with its [[French colonial empire|former colonies]] in the face of "[[Anglosphere|Anglo-Saxon]] influence."<ref>[http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2730430.ece Mitterrand's role revealed in Rwandan genocide warning] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706182535/http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2730430.ece |date=6 July 2008 }}, 3 July 2007/ ''The Independent''</ref> A part of the enacted policies was formulated in the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]'s [[110 Propositions for France]], the electoral program for the [[1981 French presidential election|1981 presidential election]].  He had a warm and effective relationship with the conservative German Chancellor [[Helmut Kohl]]. They promoted French-German bilateralism in Europe and strengthened military cooperation between the two countries.

According to Wayne Northcutt, certain domestic circumstances helped shape Mitterrand's foreign policy in four ways: he needed to maintain a political consensus; he kept an eye on economic conditions; he believed in the nationalistic imperative for French policy; and he tried to exploit Gaullism and its heritage that is on political advantage.<ref>Wayne Northcutt. "The domestic origins of Mitterrand's foreign policy, 1981-1985." ''Contemporary French Civilization'' (1986), 10#2 pp 233-267</ref>

===Jacques Chirac===
{{main|Jacques Chirac#Foreign policy}}

Chrirac's foreign policy featured continuity.<ref>Michael Sutton, "Chirac's foreign policy: continuity-with adjustment." The World Today 51.7 (1995): 135-138.</ref>  His most prominent move was a break with Washington. Along with his friend [[Vladimir Putin]] of Russia, [[Hu Jintao]] of China, and [[Gerhard Schröder]] of Germany, Chirac emerged as a leading voice against the [[Iraq War]] of 2003. They opposed [[George W. Bush]] (U.S.) and [[Tony Blair]] (Britain) during the organisation and deployment of a "[[Coalition of the willing]]" to forcibly remove the government of Iraq controlled by the [[Ba'ath Party]] under the dictatorship of [[Saddam Hussein]]. Despite British and American pressure, Chirac threatened to veto a resolution in the [[UN Security Council]] that would authorise the use of military force to rid [[Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|Iraq of alleged weapons of mass destruction]]. He rallied other governments to his position. "Iraq today does not represent an immediate threat that justifies an immediate war", Chirac said on 18 March 2003. Future Prime Minister [[Dominique de Villepin]] acquired much of his popularity for his speech against the war at the United Nations (UN).<ref>Stefano Recchia, "Did Chirac Say 'Non'? Revisiting UN Diplomacy on Iraq, 2002-03." ''Political Science Quarterly'' 130.4 (2015): 625-654 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/43828728 online].</ref>

===Nicolas Sarkozy===
{{Main|Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy#Foreign policy decisions}}

Shortly after taking office, President Sarkozy began negotiations with Colombian president [[Álvaro Uribe]] and the left-wing guerrilla [[FARC]], regarding the release of hostages held by the rebel group, especially Franco-Colombian politician [[Íngrid Betancourt]]. According to some sources, Sarkozy himself asked for Uribe to release FARC's "chancellor" [[Rodrigo Granda]].
<ref>[http://www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Internacional/08062007/244942.aspx Llama G8 a FARC contribuir a liberación de rehenes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225022851/http://www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Internacional/08062007/244942.aspx|date=25 December 2008}}, ''La Cronica'', 8 June 2007 {{in lang|es}}</ref> Furthermore, he announced on 24 July 2007, that French and European representatives had obtained the extradition of the [[HIV trial in Libya|Bulgarian nurses detained in Libya]] to their country. In exchange, he signed with [[Gaddafi]] security, health care and immigration pacts – and a $230&nbsp;million (168&nbsp;million euros) [[MILAN]] antitank missile sale.<ref name=WP_Moore>Molly Moore, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/03/AR2007080301950.html France's Sarkozy Off to a Running Start], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', 4 August 2007</ref> The contract was the first made by Libya since 2004, and was negotiated with [[MBDA]], a subsidiary of [[EADS]]. Another 128 million euros contract would have been signed, according to Tripoli, with [[EADS]] for a [[Terrestrial Trunked Radio|TETRA radio system]]. The [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] (PS) and the [[Communist Party (France)|Communist Party]] (PCF) criticized a "state affair" and a "barter" with a "[[Rogue state]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3210,36-941475,0.html |title=Tripoli annonce un contrat d'armement avec la France, l'Elysée dans l'embarras |work=Le Monde |date=30 March 2011 |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> The leader of the PS, [[François Hollande]], requested the opening of a parliamentary investigation.<ref name=WP_Moore/>

On 8 June 2007, during the [[33rd G8 summit]] in [[Heiligendamm]], Sarkozy set a goal of reducing French CO<sub>2</sub> emissions by 50% by 2050 in order to prevent [[global warming]]. He then pushed forward the important Socialist figure of [[Dominique Strauss-Kahn]] as European nominee to the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/economie/20070710.WWW000000271_fmi_strauss_kahn_candidat_officiel_de_lunion_europeenne.html |title=FMI : Strauss-Kahn candidat officiel de l'Union européenne |work=Le Figaro |date=20 April 2011 |access-date=10 June 2011 |archive-date=13 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813023639/http://www.lefigaro.fr/economie/20070710.WWW000000271_fmi_strauss_kahn_candidat_officiel_de_lunion_europeenne.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Critics alleged that Sarkozy proposed to nominate Strauss-Kahn as managing director of the IMF to deprive the Socialist Party of one of its more popular figures.<ref>[[Reuters]], "France's Sarkozy wants Strauss-Kahn as IMF head" Sat 7 Jul 2007 2:38&nbsp;pm EDT [https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPAB00331220070707 read here]</ref>

Sarkozy normalised what had been strained relations with NATO.  In 2009, France again was a fully integrated NATO member. François Hollande has continued the same policy.<ref>Frédéric Bozo, "Explaining France's NATO 'normalisation' under Nicolas Sarkozy (2007–2012)." ''Journal of Transatlantic Studies'' (2014) 12#4 pp: 379–391. [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14794012.2014.962737#.VPQ7MPnF-uQ Abstract]</ref>

===François Hollande===
[[File:Francois Hollande and Vladimir Putin, Moscow 6 dec 2014 - 01.jpg|thumb|[[François Hollande]] and [[Vladimir Putin]] in December 2014]]
Socialist [[François Hollande]] won election in 2012 as president.<ref>Brinton Rowdybush, and Patrick Chamorel, "Aspirations and reality: French foreign policy and the 2012 elections." ''The Washington Quarterly'' (2012) 35#1 pp: 163–177.</ref> He adopted a generally hawkish foreign-policy, in close collaboration with Germany in regard to opposing Russian moves against Ukraine, and in sending the military to fight radical Islamists in Africa.<ref>Tony Chafer, "Hollande and Africa Policy." ''Modern & Contemporary France'' (2014) 22#4 pp: 513–531.</ref> He took a hard line with regard to the Greek debt crisis.<ref>Kenneth R. Weinstein, "Hollande the hawk?." ''World Affairs'' 177.1 (2014): 87–96.</ref> François Hollande launched two military operations in Africa: [[Operation Serval]] in Mali (the French armed forces stopped an Islamist takeover of [[Bamako]], the nation's capital city); and [[Operation Sangaris]] (to restore peace there as tensions between different religious communities had turned into a violent conflict). France was also the first European nation to join the United States in bombing the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]. Under President Hollande, France's stances on the civil war in Syria and Iran's nuclear program have been described as "[[hawkish]]".<ref>[https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21635009-france-has-emerged-americas-closest-european-ally-security-policy-cheese-eating-warriors Cheese-eating warriors], [[The Economist]]</ref>

===Emmanuel Macron, 2017–present===
[[File:Press Availability - The Official State Visit of France (41659628672).jpg|thumb|[[Emmanuel Macron]] and [[Donald Trump]] in April 2018]] 
[[File:P20221201CS-1422-2 (52650923621).jpg|thumb|[[Emmanuel Macron]] and [[Joe Biden]] in December 2022]]

On 31 May 2022, due to the reforms pushed by the president and perceived lack of recognition, the French diplomats will go on a strike for the first time in 20 years. This is a bad timing for President Emmanuel Macron as the France is holding the EU Presidency until the end of June.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Irish |first=John |date=31 May 2022 |title=Reforms, cost cutting and malaise push French diplomats to strike |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/reforms-cost-cutting-malaise-push-french-diplomats-strike-2022-05-31/ |access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref>

===Reputation ===

[[Sophie Meunier]] in 2017 analyzed the causes of decline in France's former reputation as a major player in world affairs:<blockquote>
France does not have as much relative global clout as it used to. Decolonization ... diminished France's territorial holdings and therefore its influence. Other countries acquired nuclear weapons and built up their armies. The message of "universal" values carried by French foreign policy has encountered much resistance, as other countries have developed following a different political trajectory than the one preached by France. By the 1990s, the country had become, in the words of [[Stanley Hoffmann]], an "ordinary power, neither a basket case nor a challenger." Public opinion, especially in the United States, no longer sees France as an essential power....[However in 2015 France] mattered in world environmental affairs with....the [[Paris Agreement]], a global accord to reduce carbon emissions.<ref>Sophie Meunier,  "Is France Still Relevant?." ''French Politics, Culture & Society'' 35.2 (2017): 59-75, quoting pp 61-62.</ref></blockquote>

==International organization participation==
[[Agence de coopération culturelle et technique|ACCT]], [[African Development Bank|AfDB]], [[Asian Development Bank|AsDB]], [[Australia Group]], [[BDEAC]], [[Bank for International Settlements|BIS]], [[Customs Cooperation Council|CCC]], [[Caribbean Development Bank|CDB]] (non-regional), [[Council of Europe|CE]], [[CERN]], [[Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council|EAPC]], [[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development|EBRD]], [[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa|ECA]] (associate), [[United Nations Economic Commission for Europe|ECE]], [[United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean|ECLAC]], [[European Investment Bank|EIB]], [[Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union|EMU]], [[European Space Agency|ESA]], [[Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific|ESCAP]], EU, [[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]], [[Franc zone|FZ]], [[Group of Five|G-5]], [[G8|G-7]], [[Group of Ten (economic)|G-10]], [[Inter-American Development Bank|IADB]], [[International Atomic Energy Agency|IAEA]], [[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development|IBRD]], [[International Civil Aviation Organization|ICAO]], [[International Criminal Court|ICC]], [[International Chamber of Commerce|ICC]], [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|ICRM]], [[International Development Association|IDA]], [[International Energy Agency|IEA]], [[International Fund for Agricultural Development|IFAD]], [[International Finance Corporation|IFC]], [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|IFRCS]], [[International Hydrographic Organization|IHO]], [[International Labour Organization|ILO]], [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]], [[International Maritime Organization]], [[Inmarsat]], [[Indian Ocean Commission|InOC]], [[Intelsat]], [[Interpol (organization)|Interpol]], [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]], [[International Organization for Migration|IOM]], [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]], [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]], [[International Trade Union Confederation|ITUC]], [[United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara|MINURSO]], [[MIPONUH]], [[United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|MONUC]], [[Non-Aligned Movement|NAM]] (guest), [[NATO]], [[Nuclear Energy Agency|NEA]], [[Nuclear Suppliers Group|NSG]], [[Organization of American States|OAS]] (observer), [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]], [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons|OPCW]], [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]], [[Permanent Court of Arbitration|PCA]], [[Secretariat of the Pacific Community|SPC]], UN, [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]], [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development|UNCTAD]], [[UNESCO]], [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|UNHCR]], [[United Nations Industrial Development Organization|UNIDO]], [[UNIFIL]], [[UNIKOM]], [[United Nations Institute for Training and Research|UNITAR]], [[United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina|UNMIBH]], [[United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo|UNMIK]], [[United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia|UNOMIG]], [[United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East|UNRWA]], [[United Nations Truce Supervision Organization|UNTSO]], [[United Nations University|UNU]], [[Universal Postal Union|UPU]], [[West African Development Bank|WADB]] (nonregional), [[Western European Union|WEU]], [[World Federation of Trade Unions|WFTU]], [[World Health Organization|WHO]], [[World Intellectual Property Organization|WIPO]], [[World Meteorological Organization|WMO]], [[World Tourism Organization|WToO]], [[World Trade Organization|WTrO]], [[Zangger Committee]]

==International border disputes==
*[[Madagascar]] claims [[Bassas da India]], [[Europa Island]], [[Glorioso Islands]] and [[Juan de Nova Island]]
*[[Comoros]] claims [[Mayotte]]
*[[Mauritius]] claims [[Tromelin Island]]
*territorial dispute on the boundary between [[Suriname]] and [[French Guiana]]
*territorial claim in Antarctica ([[Adélie Land]]) under the [[Antarctic Treaty System]]
*[[Matthew Island and Hunter Island]] east of [[New Caledonia]] claimed by France and [[Vanuatu]]

==Middle East==
[[File:Empire colonial français (1920).png|thumb|280px|right|The [[French colonial empire]] in 1920]]
France established relations with the Middle East during the reign of [[Louis XIV]]. To keep [[Austrian Empire|Austria]] from intervening into its plans regarding Western Europe he lent limited support to the [[Ottoman Empire]], though the victories of [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]] destroyed these plans.<ref>William Roosen, ''The age of Louis XIV: the rise of modern diplomacy'' (1976).</ref> In the nineteenth century France together with Great Britain tried to strengthen the Ottoman Empire, the now "[[Sick man of Europe]]", to resist Russian expansion, culminating in the [[Crimean War]].<ref>Lynn Marshall Case,  ''French opinion on war and diplomacy during the Second Empire'' (1954).</ref>

France also pursued close relations with the semi-autonomous Egypt. In 1869 Egyptian workers -under the supervision of France- completed the [[Suez Canal]]. A rivalry emerged between France and Britain for control of Egypt, and eventually Britain emerged victorious by buying out the Egyptian [[share (finance)|share]]s of the company before the French had time to act.<ref>F. Robert Hunter, ''Egypt under the khedives, 1805–1879: from household government to modern bureaucracy'' (American Univ in Cairo Press, 1999)</ref>

After the unification of Germany in 1871, Germany successfully attempted to co-opt France's relations with the Ottomans. In [[World War I]] the Ottoman Empire joined the [[Central Powers]], and was defeated by France and Britain. After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire France and Britain divided the Middle East between themselves. France received Syria and Lebanon.<ref>Jan Karl Tanenbaum,  "France and the Arab Middle East, 1914–1920." ''Transactions of the American Philosophical Society'' (1978): 1–50. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1006273 in JSTOR]</ref>

===1945–1958===
[[File:Port Said from air.jpg|thumb|upright=0.95|Smoke rises from oil tanks beside the [[Suez Canal]] hit during the initial [[Suez Crisis|Anglo-French assault on Egypt]], 5 November 1956.]]

These colonies were granted independence after 1945, but France still tried to forge cultural and educational bonds between the areas, particularly with Lebanon. Relationships with Syria are more strained, due to the policies of that country. In 2005, France, along with the United States, pressured Syria to evacuate Lebanon.<ref>N. Méouchy et al. ''The British and French mandates in comparative perspectives'' (Brill, 2004)</ref>
In the post-World War II era French relations with the Arab Middle East reached a very low point. The [[Algerian War|war in Algeria]] between Muslim fighters and French colonists deeply concerned the rest of the Muslim world. The Algerian fighters received much of their supplies and funding from Egypt and other Arab powers, much to France's displeasure.<ref>Martin Alexander, and John FV Keiger. "France and the Algerian War: strategy, operations and diplomacy." ''Journal of Strategic Studies'' 25.2 (2002): 1–32. [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01402390412331302635 Online]</ref>

Most damaging to Franco-Arab relations, however, was the [[Suez Crisis]]. It greatly diminished France's reputation in the region. France openly supported the Israeli attack on the [[Sinai Peninsula]], and was working against [[Nasser]], then a popular figure in the Middle East. The Suez Crisis also made France and the United Kingdom look again like imperialist powers attempting to impose their will upon weaker nations.<ref>Edward E. Azar, "Conflict escalation and conflict reduction in an international crisis: Suez, 1956". ''Journal of Conflict Resolution'' (1972): 183–201. {{JSTOR|173313}}.</ref> Another hindrance to France's relations with the Arab Middle East was its close alliance with Israel during the 1950s.

===De Gaulle's policies===
This all changed with the coming of [[Charles de Gaulle]] to power. De Gaulle's foreign policy was centered around an attempt to limit the power and influence of both superpowers, and at the same time increase France's international prestige.  De Gaulle hoped to move France from being a follower of the United States to becoming the leading nation of a large group of non-aligned countries. The nations de Gaulle looked at as potential participants in this group were those in France's traditional spheres of influence: Africa and the Middle East. The former French colonies in eastern and northern Africa were quite agreeable to these close relations with France.  These nations had close economic and cultural ties to France, and they also had few other suitors amongst the major powers. This new orientation of French foreign policy also appealed strongly to the leaders of the Arab nations. None of them wanted to be dominated by either of the superpowers, and they supported France's policy of trying to balance the US and the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] and to prevent either from becoming dominant in the region. The Middle Eastern leaders wanted to be free to pursue their own goals and objectives, and did not want to be chained to either alliance bloc. De Gaulle hoped to use this common foundation to build strong relations between the nations. He also hoped that good relations would improve France's trade with the region. De Gaulle also imagined that these allies would look up to the more powerful French nation, and would look to it in leadership in matters of foreign policy.<ref>[[Alfred Grosser]], ''French Foreign Policy under De Gaulle'' (Greenwood Press, 1977)</ref>

The end of the [[Algerian War|Algerian conflict]] in 1962 accomplished much in this regard. France could not portray itself as a leader of the oppressed nations of the world if it still was enforcing its colonial rule upon another nation. The battle against the Muslim separatists that France waged in favour of the minority of French settlers was an extremely unpopular one throughout the Muslim world. With the conflict raging it would have been close to impossible for France to have had positive relations with the nations of the Middle East. The Middle Eastern support for the [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|FLN]] guerillas was another strain on relations that the end of the conflict removed. Most of the financial and material support for the FLN had come from the nations of the Middle East and North Africa. This was especially true of Nasser's Egypt, which had long supported the separatists. Egypt is also the most direct example of improved relations after the end of hostilities. The end of the war brought an immediate thaw to Franco-Egyptian relations, Egypt ended the trial of four French officers accused of espionage, and France ended its [[trade embargo]] against Egypt.

In 1967 de Gaulle completely overturned France's Israel policy. De Gaulle and his ministers reacted very harshly to Israel's actions in the [[Six-Day War]]. The French government and de Gaulle condemned Israel's treatment of refugees, warned that it was a mistake to occupy the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]], and also refused to recognize the Israeli control of [[Jerusalem]]. The French government continued to criticize Israel after the war and de Gaulle spoke out against other Israeli actions, such as the operations against the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] in Lebanon. France began to use its veto power to oppose Israel in the UN, and France sided with the Arab states on almost all issues brought to the international body. Most importantly of all, however, de Gaulle's government imposed an arms embargo on the Israeli state. The embargo was in fact applied to all the combatants, but very soon France began selling weaponry to the Arab states again. As early as 1970 France sold Libya a hundred [[Dassault Mirage]] fighter jets. However, after 1967 France continued to support Israel's [[right to exist]], as well as Israel's many preferential agreements with France and the [[European Economic Community]].

===Foreign aid===
In the second half of the 20th century, France increased its expenditures in foreign aid greatly, to become second only to the United States in total aid amongst the Western powers and first on a per capita basis. By 1968 France was paying out $855&nbsp;million per year in aid far more than either West Germany or the United Kingdom. The vast majority of French aid was directed towards Africa and the Middle East, usually either as a lever to promote French interests or to help with the sale of French products (e.g. arms sales). France also increased its expenditures on other forms of aid sending out skilled individuals to developing countries to provide technical and cultural expertise.<ref>Robert D. McKinlay, "The Aid Relationship A Foreign Policy Model and Interpretation of the Distributions of Official Bilateral Economic Aid of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, 1960–1970." ''Comparative Political Studies'' (1979) 11#4 pp: 411–464.</ref>

The combination of aid money, arms sales, and diplomatic alignments helped to erase the memory of the [[Suez Crisis]] and the Algerian War in the Arab world and France successfully developed amicable relationships with the governments of many of the Middle Eastern states. Nasser and de Gaulle, who shared many similarities, cooperated on limiting American power in the region.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Furniss |first=Edgar S. |date=1961 |title=De Gaulle's France and NATO: An Interpretation |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2705337 |journal=International Organization |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=349–365 |doi=10.1017/S0020818300002186 |jstor=2705337 |issn=0020-8183}}</ref> Nasser proclaimed France as the only friend of Egypt in the West. France and Iraq also developed a close relationship with business ties, joint military training exercises, and French assistance in Iraq's nuclear program in the 1970s.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} France improved relations with its former colony Syria, and eroded cultural links were partially restored.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

In terms of trade France did receive some benefits from the improved relations with the Middle East. French trade with the Middle East increased by over fifty percent after de Gaulle's reforms. The weaponry industries benefited most as France soon had lucrative contracts with many of the regimes in the Middle East and North Africa, though these contracts account for a negligible part of France's economy.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

De Gaulle had hoped that by taking a moderate path and not strongly supporting either side France could take part in the Middle East peace process between Israel and the Arab nations. Instead it has been excluded from any major role.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-31 |title=In Pursuit of a Grand Strategy |url=https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/in-pursuit-of-a-grand-strategy/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=The Cairo Review of Global Affairs |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Nicolas de Rivière]], the [[Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations]], thanked to Mesdames Bahous, Russell and Kanem for their briefings in [[Gaza war]], and to reiterate France's full support for [[UN Women]], [[UNICEF]] and [[UNFPA]] in their engagement to help the people of Gaza. Furthermore, France welcomed the agreement, which led to the release of dozens of hostages and a truce.<ref>{{Cite web |title=France welcomes agreement to free dozens of hostages and establish truce |url=https://onu.delegfrance.org/france-welcomes-agreement-to-free-dozens-of-hostages-and-establish-truce |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=France ONU |language=en}}</ref>

=== Modern history ===
The Middle East has been a major factor of France's foreign policy.<ref name=ECFR-10-04-2018>{{cite web|url=https://ecfr.eu/publication/alone_in_the_desert_how_france_can_lead_europe_in_the_middle_east/|title=Alone in the desert? How France can lead Europe in the Middle East|access-date=10 April 2018|website=The European Council on Foreign Relations|date=10 April 2018}}</ref> Over a decade since 2000, France successfully built an influential presence across the MENA region where the major focus had been on Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.<ref name=RFI-03-12-2021>{{cite web|url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20211203-why-france-and-the-middle-east-have-such-a-deep-and-lingering-past|title=Why France and the Middle East have such a deep and lingering past|access-date=3 December 2021|website=RFI|date=3 December 2021}}</ref> The Middle East policy of France was essential from the strategic, cultural and economic point of view, where the focus remained on proving itself as an international power.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vie-publique.fr/rapport/273264-rapport-sur-france-et-moyen-orient|title=Information report (...) on France and the Middle East  |access-date=29 January 2021|website=Vie Publique}}</ref> The country invested years in maintaining a strong foothold in the region on the lines of trade, security interests, and cultural and social exchanges.<ref name=RFI-03-12-2021 /> As Emmanuel Macron became the president in 2017, he gave a clear picture about the French relations with the Middle East and its importance, both in his foreign policy speeches and his initiatives. His predecessors, on the other hand, had mostly picked the option of "reassurance" with the region's governments. Gradually, France began to show increasing interest in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, particularly.<ref name=ECFR-10-04-2018 /> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-france/pressure-mounts-on-macron-over-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-uae-idUSKBN1GY24I|title=Pressure mounts on Macron over arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE|access-date=22 March 2018|website=Reuters|date=22 March 2018}}</ref> Even in 2021, Macron continued taking initiatives towards strengthening relations with the Kingdom and the Emirates. During his visit to the region in November 2021, Macron signed a weapons deal worth 16 billion euros with the UAE. The agreement involved transfer of 80 upgraded Rafale warplanes, along with 12 Airbus-built combat helicopters. While France viewed it as a way to deepen ties with the Emirates, rights organizations criticized and raised concerns around the UAE's involvement in the Yemen and Libyan wars. They objected the deal stating that the Gulf leaders have reflected a constant failure in improving their human rights records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/12/02/france-should-stop-selling-arms-united-arab-emirates-saudi-arabia|title=France Should Stop Selling Arms to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia|access-date=2 December 2021|website=Human Rights Watch|date=2 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-france-elections-europe-43bbf5b78be83a1012f18c795b5ab96b|title=France signs weapons mega-deal with UAE as Macron tours Gulf|access-date=3 December 2021|website=Associated Press|date=3 December 2021}}</ref>

Despite the improving relations between the Emirates and France, the UAE made extensive efforts towards to showcase its image in a positive light. In light of it, a Franco-Tunisian businessman, Elyes Ben Chedly reportedly ran promotion for two of the Emirates' cultural campaigns. Reports revealed that the middleman worked to promote the UAE's "Year of Tolerance" campaign, and was also involved in running the "year Zayed" program in Paris. Reports also revealed that Ben Chedly also used his network of arms contracts to mediate weapons deal between the UAE and other nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/281121/un-intermediaire-en-ventes-d-armes-derriere-la-campagne-vantant-la-tolerance-des-emirats|title=An arms sales middleman behind the UAE's 'tolerance' campaign|access-date=28 November 2021|website=Mediapart|date=28 November 2021 }}</ref>

A report in March 2023 by Mediapart revealed that the UAE had been interfering in France by the means of a Switzerland-based intelligence firm Alp Services. A French journalist, [[Roland Jacquard]] connected Alp's head [[Mario Brero]] with the Emirati secret services client, identified as Mohammed. Jacquard maintained a close contact with a network of politicians and diplomats. He was directly in contact with Mohammed, whose emails revealed that Jacquard was supplying the UAE with information from the security services, Emmanuel Macron and the Élysée.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/france/040323/leaked-data-shows-extent-uaes-meddling-france|title=Leaked data shows extent of UAE's meddling in France|access-date=4 March 2023|website=MediaPart|date=4 March 2023 }}</ref>

France and Qatar have maintained diplomatic relations since Qatar declared independence in 1971.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=étrangères |first=Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires |title=France and Qatar |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/qatar/france-and-qatar-65122/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=France Diplomacy - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs |language=en}}</ref> The bilateral partnership began to flourish in the early 1990s, focusing on security and hydrocarbon cooperation. TotalEnergies, present in Qatar since 1936, quickly emerged as a key collaborator with QatarEnergies in the extraction and development of the nation's hydrocarbon reserves.<ref name=":2" /> Additionally, various agreements have been executed between Qatar and France to bolster security measures for [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salari |first=Fatemeh |date=2024-02-29 |title=Qatari forces to help France secure Paris Olympics |url=https://dohanews.co/qatari-forces-to-help-france-secure-paris-olympics/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Doha News {{!}} Qatar |language=en-US}}</ref> In preparation for the significant security demands of the event, Poland has pledged to contribute troops, including sniffer dog handlers, to support international efforts aimed at ensuring the safety of the [[2024 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games in France]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Poland to send troops to Paris Olympics amid security challenge |website=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/poland-send-troops-paris-olympics-amid-security-challenge-2024-03-28/}}</ref>

== Diplomatic relations ==
List of countries which France maintains diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of France.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
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!#
!Country
!Date<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Liste Chronologique des Ambassadeurs, Envoyés Extraordinaires, Ministres Plénipotentiaires et Chargés D'Affaires de France à L'Étranger Depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |journal=Diplomatie.gouv.fr |language=fr |access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{Dts|1396}}<ref name="britain">{{Cite book |title=The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England), 168 |publisher=F. Jefferies |year=1840 |pages=483}}</ref>{{failed verification|reason=The source does not state when France and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations.|date=February 2025}}
|-
|2
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{Dts|7 January 1485}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pereira |first=António dos Santos |title=Portugal o imperio urgente, 1475-1525: Os espaços, os homens |publisher=Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda |year=2003 |isbn=9789722712033 |pages=83 |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=França |newspaper=Portal Diplomático |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/franca |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=pt}}</ref>
|-
|3
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{Dts|1486}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schoell |first=Frédéric |title=Cours d'histoire des états européens: depuis le bouleversement de l'empire romain d'occident jusqu'en 1789, 35. |year=1833 |pages=337 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|4
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{Dts|8 July 1498}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=texte |first1=Société normande de géographie Auteur du |date=January 1911 |title=Bulletin de l'année... / Société normande de géographie |url=http://www.rotomagus.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65445437/f63.image |journal=Rotomagus |language=fr |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=August Strindberg |title=August Strindbergs samlade verk. 30. Svensk-romanska studier |date=1992 |page=139 |language=sv, fr}}</ref>
|-
|–
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{Dts|1500}}s<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations Of The Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
|5
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{Dts|29 November 1516}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 November 2016 |title=L'amitié franco-suisse célébrée à Fribourg |url=https://www.tdg.ch/suisse/amitie-francosuisse-celebree-fribourg/story/14126403 |access-date=10 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
|6
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{Dts|October 1541}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ulrik Wrangel |first=Fredrik |title=Liste des diplomates français en Suède, 1541-1891 |year=1891 |pages=3 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|7
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{Dts|November 1615}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=L'incident diplomatique (XVIe-XVIIIe siècle) |publisher=Editions Pedone |year=2010 |pages=323 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|8
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{Dts|13 August 1715}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=L'audience donnée par Louis XIV à l'ambassadeur de Perse à Versailles |url=http://classes.bnf.fr/essentiels/grand/ess_007.htm |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|9
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{Dts|6 August 1778}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Countries |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/all |access-date=12 November 2021 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref>
|-
|10
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{Dts|19 July 1820}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Annuaire diplomatique et consulaire de la République Française, 15 |publisher=Imprimerie Nationale |year=1893 |pages=351 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|11
|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{Dts|17 April 1825}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=La première ambassade française en Haïti |url=https://ht.ambafrance.org/La-premiere-ambassade-francaise-en-Haiti |access-date=25 December 2024 |website=Ambassade de France en Haïti |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|12
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{Dts|8 January 1826}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=D. Miguel I. Obra ... sobre a legitimidade e inauferiveis direitos do Senhor D. Miguel I. ao throno de Portugal. Traduzida do original francez [of the Count de Bordigné]. |publisher=na Impressão Regia |year=1828 |pages=97 |language=pt}}</ref>
|-
|13
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{Dts|1830}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Argentine (République) |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/10cp_argentine_cle824b63.pdf |access-date=18 March 2025 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|14
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{Dts|2 March 1831}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Relaciones Diplomáticas de Guatemala |url=https://www.minex.gob.gt/DirectorioPaisesRelacion.aspx |access-date=24 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|15
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{Dts|August 1831}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Annuaire diplomatique et consulaire de la République Française, 15 |publisher=Imprimerie Nationale |year=1893 |pages=343 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|16
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{Dts|7 June 1832}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Promulgación: 07-JUN-1832 |url=https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/navegar?i=1161651 |access-date=17 March 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|17
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{Dts|19 February 1833}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greece liberated |url=https://200years.mfa.gr/en/diplomatic-consular-relations-en/france/ |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
|18
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{Dts|11 March 1833}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Llave de Cronologia matemática é histórica, formada con arreglo á los mejores autores, etc. |publisher=Bartolome Isidoro Milá de la Roca y Valenzuela |year=1847 |pages=110 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|19
|{{Flag|Bolivia}}
|{{Dts|9 April 1834}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Millán |first=Juan Albarracín |title=Una visión esplendorosa de Bolivia: las exploraciones de Alcides d'Orbigny en Bolivia |publisher=Plural Editores |year=2002 |pages=31 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|20
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{Dts|8 April 1836}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 April 2025 |title=Hoy cumplimos 189 años de relaciones diplomáticas con la República Francesa. |url=https://x.com/CancilleriaUy/status/1909590666675474439 |access-date=14 April 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|21
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{Dts|27 February 1840}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=1839 Firma del Tratado de Paz y Amistad Perpetua con Francia |url=https://www.memoriapoliticademexico.org/Textos/2ImpDictadura/1839TPF.html |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|22
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{Dts|12 February 1848}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Annuaire diplomatique et consulaire de la République Française |year=1896 |volume=18 |pages=353 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|23
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{Dts|12 March 1848}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relación de Costa Rica con Francia |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=exterior&cat=politica&cont=522&pais=FR |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|24
|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|{{Dts|20 April 1852}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Recueil des traités de la France, 6 |pages=175 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|25
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{dts|8 May 1852}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 May 2025 |title=República Dominicana y la República Francesa celebran hoy 8 de mayo, 173 años de amistad |url=https://x.com/MIREXRD/status/1920465035618398347 |access-date=9 May 2025 |website=Cancillería de República Dominicana |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|26
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{Dts|4 March 1853}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 March 2023 |title=Conmemoración de los 170 años de las relaciones diplomáticas entre Paraguay y Francia |url=https://www.mre.gov.py/index.php/noticias-de-embajadas-y-consulados/conmemoracion-de-los-170-anos-de-las-relaciones-diplomaticas-entre-paraguay-y-francia |access-date=3 April 2025 |website=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Paraguay |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|27
|{{Flag|Honduras}}
|{{Dts|22 February 1856}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Recueil des traités de la France, 7. |publisher=A. Durand et Pedone-Lauriel |year=1880 |pages=10 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|28
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{Dts|15 August 1856}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=France and Thailand |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/thailand/ |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
|29
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{Dts|9 October 1858}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and Japan (9 October 2018) |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/japan/news/article/160th-anniversary-of-diplomatic-relations-between-france-and-japan-09-10-18 |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
|30
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{Dts|11 April 1859}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Nouveau recueil général de traités: conventions et autres transactions remarquables, servant à la connaissance des relations étrangères des puissances et états dans leurs rapports mutnels. Rédigé sur des copies authentiques, 16 |year=1858 |pages=66 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|31
|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|{{Dts|21 October 1859}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=REGISTRO DE FECHAS DE ESTABLECIMIENTO DE RD |url=https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/rree/documents/338286/download |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=es |archive-date=28 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228020506/https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/rree/documents/338286/download |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|32
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{Dts|9 March 1861}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Annales du commerce extérieur 23 |publisher=mpr. et librairie administratives |year=1832 |pages=365 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|33
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{Dts|10 August 1861}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Annuaire diplomatique et consulaire de la République Française, 15 |publisher=Imprimerie Nationale |year=1893 |pages=349 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|34
|{{Flag|Monaco}}
|{{Dts|29 April 1873}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Rapport de Politique Extérieure 2007 |url=https://www.gouv.mc/Action-Gouvernementale/Monaco-a-l-International/Publications/Rapports-de-Politique-Exterieure |page=44 |language=fr |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
|35
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{Dts|18 January 1879}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral political relations |url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Policy/Bilaterala/France/basic_e.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630163421/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Policy/Bilaterala/France/basic_e.html |archive-date=30 June 2011 |access-date=24 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
|36
|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{Dts|8 July 1879}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Установяване, прекъсване u възстановяване на дипломатическите отношения на България (1878-2005) |url=http://filip-nikolov.com/files/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%20%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F.doc |language=bg}}</ref>
|-
|37
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{Dts|20 February 1880}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relaţii bilaterale - Scurt istoric |url=http://paris.mae.ro/node/221 |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=ro}}</ref>
|-
|38
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{Dts|10 December 1890}}<ref name=":0" />
|-
|39
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{Dts|30 May 1892}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Présentation et historique |url=https://co.ambafrance.org/Presentation-et-historique |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|40
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{Dts|20 March 1897}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=((Bureau)) |first=Jacques |url=https://books.openedition.org/cfee/588 |title=France Éthiopie - Cent ans de relations: Prologue diplomatique |chapter=Prologue diplomatique |series=Bulletins de la Maison des études éthiopiennes |date=1997 |pages=3–7 |publisher=Centre français des études éthiopiennes |isbn=9782821872295 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|41
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{dts|11 June 1902}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cuba celebra el 120 aniversario del establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas con la República Francesa |url=https://twitter.com/CubaMINREX/status/1535592683984625669?s=20 |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=Cancillería de Cuba |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|42
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|{{Dts|18 November 1903}}<ref name="date">{{cite web |title=RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS DE LA REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ |url=http://www.mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806131148/https://mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2020 |access-date=30 November 2021 |page=197}}</ref>
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|43
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{Dts|5 November 1905}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 April 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>
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|44
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{Dts|24 January 1918}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=France |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17243&culture=en-US&contentlan=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008181715/http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17243&culture=en-US&contentlan=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2016 |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
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|45
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{Dts|2 April 1919}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=La Pologne en France |language=fr |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/france/france |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
|46
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{dts|3 April 1919}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archives rapatriées de la légation de France à Vienne (1770) 1816-1939 |url=https://archivesdiplomatiques.diplomatie.gouv.fr/media/d99ffdc8-387c-4316-a868-72df1776f247.pdf |page=4 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|47
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{dts|8 January 1920}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Légation puis ambassade de France à Budapest |url=https://archivesdiplomatiques.diplomatie.gouv.fr/ark:/14366/k4bv3slwfrc9 |access-date=18 December 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|48
|{{Flag|Afghanistan|2013}}
|{{Dts|28 April 1922}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Adamec |first=Ludwig W. |title=Afghanistan, 1900-1923: A Diplomatic History |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |year=1967 |pages=193}}</ref>
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|49
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{Dts|31 May 1922}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sources de l'histoire du Proche-Orient et de l'Afrique du Nord dans les archives et bibliothèques françaises: Archives (3 v.) |publisher=Commission française du Guide des sources de l'histoire des nations, Unesco |year=1984 |pages=1198 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Les Affaires étrangères et le corps diplomatique français Volume 2 |publisher=Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique |year=1984 |pages=414 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|50
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{Dts|16 June 1922}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 June 2021 |title=Ja kush janë 32 ambasadorët e Francës në Shqipëri nga viti 1922 kur u vendosën marrëdhëniet diplomatike |url=https://fjala.al/2021/06/22/ja-kush-jane-32-ambasadoret-e-frances-ne-shqiperi-nga-viti-1922-kur-u-vendosen-marredheniet-diplomatike/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=sq}}</ref>
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|51
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{Dts|25 January 1924}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 January 2014 |title=Spojenecká smlouva mezi Československem a Francií z 25. ledna 1924 |url=http://www.vhu.cz/spojenecka-smlouva-mezi-ceskoslovenskem-a-francii-z-25-ledna-1924/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=cs}}</ref>
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|52
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{dts|7 October 1924}}<ref name=":16">{{Cite book |url=https://diad.mfa.gov.tr/diad/yillik/yillik-1959.pdf |title=Hariciye Vekâleti Yıllığı 1959 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye |pages=11–12, 17–18 and 20 |language=tr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{Dts|31 January 1928}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linwood DeLong |date=January 2020 |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Canadian Global Affairs Institute}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{Dts|19 October 1929}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/1930%20France.pdf |title=Liste de MM. les membres du Corps diplomatique |year=1930 |pages=25 |language=fr |access-date=8 November 2023 |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108224754/https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/1930%20France.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{dts|5 November 1934}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Journal officiel de la République française |year=1934 |pages=97 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{Dts|1 June 1942}}
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|{{Flag|Yemen}}
|{{Dts|1 June 1942}}
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|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{Dts|4 November 1944}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 November 2024 |title=Celebrating 80 years of French-Australian diplomatic relations |url=https://au.ambafrance.org/Celebrating-80-years-of-French-Australian-diplomatic-relations |access-date=10 March 2025 |website=Embassy of France in Canberra}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{Dts|13 July 1945}}
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|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{Dts|18 November 1945}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iceland - Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=1 August 2021 |website=Government of Iceland}}</ref>
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|{{Dts|23 May 1946}}
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|{{Dts|18 June 1946}}
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|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|{{Dts|24 November 1946}}
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|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{Dts|26 June 1947}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Juan Miguel F. Zubiri |date=11 September 1998 |title=S. No. 1549 |url=http://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/58605222!.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219192630/http://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/58605222%21.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2008 |access-date=13 November 2008}}</ref>
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|{{Dts|15 August 1947}}
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|{{Dts|2 December 1947}}
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|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|{{Dts|12 January 1948}}
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|{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|{{Dts|28 February 1948}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations |url=http://myanmarbsb.org/_site/diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |archive-date=12 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712174127/http://myanmarbsb.org/_site/diplomatic-relations/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{Dts|27 October 1948}}
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|{{Dts|15 February 1949}}
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|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{Dts|24 April 1949}}
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|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{Dts|11 May 1949}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/israel-palestinian-territories/israel/ |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{dts|4 January 1950}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 December 2024 |title=75ème anniversaire des relations diplomatiques entre la France et I'Indonésie |url=https://lepetitjournal.com/jakarta/communaute/75eme-anniversaire-relations-diplomatiques-france-indonesie-399281?_x_tr_hist=true |access-date=24 December 2024 |website=Le Petit Journal.com |language=fr}}</ref>
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|74
|{{Flag|Laos}}
|{{Dts|31 January 1951}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.mofa.gov.la/index.php/lo/2015-04-07-02-45-52/1950 |access-date=30 June 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Laos |archive-date=1 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601144934/http://www.mofa.gov.la/index.php/lo/2015-04-07-02-45-52/1950 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{dts|11 July 1951}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Länder |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender |access-date=23 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{Dts|1 January 1952}}
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|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|{{Dts|4 November 1952}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Member States of the United Nations (193) Having Diplomatic Relations With Cambodia |url=https://www.mfaic.gov.kh/page/2021-02-10-LIST-OF-MEMBER-STATES-OF-THE-UNITED-NATIONS--193--HAVING-DIPLOMATIC-RELATIONS-WITH-CAMBOIDA |access-date=2 October 2021 |website=mfaic.gov.kh}}</ref>
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|{{Dts|2 March 1956}}
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|{{Dts|20 March 1956}}
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|{{Dts|16 April 1956}}
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|{{Dts|7 July 1957}}
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|{{Dts|31 August 1957}}
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|{{Dts|11 February 1959}}
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|{{Dts|1 January 1960}}
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|{{Dts|27 April 1960}}
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|{{Dts|25 June 1960}}
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|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|{{Dts|30 June 1960}}
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|{{Dts|1 July 1960}}
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|{{Dts|2 August 1960}}
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|{{Dts|4 August 1960}}
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|{{Dts|4 August 1960}}
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|{{Dts|8 August 1960}}
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|{{Dts|12 August 1960}}
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|{{Dts|14 August 1960}}
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|{{Dts|16 August 1960}}
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|{{Dts|16 August 1960}}
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|{{Dts|18 August 1960}}
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|{{Dts|20 August 1960}}
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|{{Dts|20 August 1960}}
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|{{Dts|1 October 1960}}
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|{{Dts|6 December 1960}}
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|{{Dts|27 April 1961}}
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|{{Dts|22 December 1961}}
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|{{Dts|1 July 1962}}
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|{{Dts|1 July 1962}}
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|{{Dts|5 July 1962}}
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|{{Dts|3 August 1962}}
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|{{Dts|31 August 1962}}
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|{{Dts|29 October 1963}}
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|{{Dts|12 December 1963}}
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|{{Flag|China}}
|{{Dts|27 January 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=France and China |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/china/france-and-china/ |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{Dts|17 May 1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lang |first=Peter |title=Documents Diplomatiques Français: 1968 - Tome II (2 Juillet - 31 Décembre) (2) |publisher=Ministère des Affaires étrangères |year=2020 |pages=284 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Dts|3 July 1964}}
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|{{Dts|21 September 1964}}
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|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|{{Dts|19 October 1964}}
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|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|{{Dts|27 April 1965}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Countries Maintaining Diplomatic Relations With Mongolia |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |access-date=21 December 2021 |page=3 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928021439/http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|117
|{{Flag|San Marino}}
|{{Dts|15 May 1965}}<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Rapporti bilaterali della Repubblica di San Marino |url=https://www.esteri.sm/pub2/EsteriSM/Relazioni-Internazionali/Rapporti-Bilaterali.html |access-date=15 December 2021 |language=it}}</ref>
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|{{Dts|28 May 1965}}
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|{{Dts|9 August 1965}}
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|{{Dts|2 February 1967}}
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|{{Dts|6 April 1967}}
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|{{Dts|21 August 1967}}
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|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{Dts|29 February 1968}}
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|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|{{Dts|12 March 1968}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=L’île Maurice dans le journal Le Monde 1959 - 2017 |url=https://www.institutfrancais.mu/media/104817/1959-2017-ile-maurice.pdf |access-date=27 March 2025 |website=institutfrancais.mu |page=13 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|125
|{{Flag|Eswatini}}
|{{dts|17 April 1969}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/archives-de-charles-de-gaulle-president-de-la-republique/page/423/mode/1up?q=swaziland+ |title=Archives de Charles de Gaulle, président de la République (19591969) |year=2012 |pages=423 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|126
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{Dts|20 May 1969}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 March 2021 |title=Countries with which the Republic of Maldives has established Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.gov.mv/en/files/dpl-full-country-list-as-of-30-march-2021.pdf |url-status=dead |access-date=2 April 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives |archive-date=16 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516123320/https://www.gov.mv/en/files/dpl-full-country-list-as-of-30-march-2021.pdf }}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|{{Dts|10 July 1969}}
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|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|{{Dts|16 July 1971}}
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|{{Dts|16 July 1971}}
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|{{Flag|Tonga}}
|{{Dts|16 July 1971}}
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|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|{{Dts|5 January 1972}}<ref name="annee1">{{Cite journal |title=Année 1972 Index chronologique des documents intéressant le droit et les relations internationales parus à la Documentation française. p.1274 |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/afdi_0066-3085_1972_num_18_1_1742 |access-date=28 April 2023 |journal=Annuaire Français de Droit International |year=1972 |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=1265–1282 |language=fr |last1=Coussirat-Coustère |first1=Vincent |last2=Eisemann |first2=Pierre-Michel }}</ref>
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|{{Dts|5 January 1972}}<ref name="annee1"/>
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|{{Dts|5 January 1972}}<ref name="annee1"/>
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|{{Dts|5 January 1972}}<ref name="annee1"/>
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|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{Dts|17 March 1972}}
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|{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|{{Dts|12 April 1973}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 April 2019 |title=Entre la France et le Vietnam, une relation toujours plus florissante |language=fr |url=https://fr.nhandan.vn/politique/relation_exterieure/item/4980071-entre-la-france-et-le-vietnam-une-relation-toujours-plus-florissante.html |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
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|{{Dts|6 November 1974}}
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|{{Dts|16 June 1975}}
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|{{Flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
|{{Dts|15 July 1975}}
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|{{Flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
|{{Dts|10 September 1975}}
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|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{Dts|31 December 1975}}
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|{{Flag|Mozambique}}
|{{Dts|8 April 1976}}
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|{{Dts|19 May 1976}}
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|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{Dts|20 August 1976}}
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|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}
|{{Dts|24 August 1976}}
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|146
|{{Flag|Angola}}
|{{Dts|31 January 1977}}
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|147
|{{Flag|Djibouti}}
|{{Dts|27 June 1977}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Treaty of friendship and co-operation. Signed at Djibouti on 27 June 1977 |url=https://jusmundi.com/en/document/pdf/treaty/en-treaty-of-friendship-and-co-operation-between-the-french-republic-and-the-republic-of-djibouti-1977-treaty-of-friendship-and-co-operation-1977-monday-27th-june-1977 |access-date=6 December 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Nauru}}
|{{Dts|15 March 1978}}
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|{{Flag|Comoros}}
|{{Dts|3 July 1978}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 July 1978 |title=LA FRANCE ET LES COMORES ÉTABLISSENT DES RELATIONS DIPLOMATIQUES |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1978/07/03/la-france-et-les-comores-etablissent-des-relations-diplomatiques_3000282_1819218.html |access-date=28 January 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Solomon Islands}}
|{{Dts|12 October 1978}}
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|{{Dts|17 January 1979}}
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|{{Dts|14 May 1979}}
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|{{Flag|Saint Lucia}}
|{{Dts|14 September 1979}}
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|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{Dts|18 April 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=...+ZIMBABWE+-+Etablissement+de+relations+diplomatiques+entre+la+Fran-+ce+et+le+Zimbabwe+,+communiqu%C3%A9+conjoint+,+18+...&nfpr=1 |title=La politique étrangère de la France textes et documents |publisher=France. Direction de la documentation |year=1980 |pages=300 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Dts|30 July 1980}}
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|{{Flag|Belize}}
|{{Dts|5 January 1982}}
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|{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{Dts|14 May 1982}}
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|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{Dts|5 November 1982}}
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|{{Flag|Kiribati}}
|{{Dts|3 December 1982}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chronologie des faits internationaux d'ordre juridique 1982 |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/afdi_0066-3085_1982_num_28_1_2530 |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=persee.fr |page=1146 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Dts|20 February 1984}}
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|{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|{{Dts|17 July 1984}}
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|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{Dts|3 May 1990}}
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|163
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{Dts|29 August 1991}}<ref>{{cite web |title=List of countries with which Lithuania has established diplomatic relations |url=https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead |access-date=10 January 2022 |website= |archive-date=10 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110123939/https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations }}</ref>
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|164
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{Dts|30 August 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomaatiliste suhete (taas)kehtestamise kronoloogia |url=https://vm.ee/et/tegevused-eesmargid/diplomaatiliste-suhete-taaskehtestamise-kronoloogia |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=et}}</ref>
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|165
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{Dts|30 August 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2021 |title=Dates of establishment and renewal of diplomatic relations |url=https://www2.mfa.gov.lv/en/policy/establishment-and-renewal-of-diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead |access-date=9 January 2022 |website=mfa.gov.lv |archive-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108224348/https://www2.mfa.gov.lv/en/policy/establishment-and-renewal-of-diplomatic-relations }}</ref>
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|166
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|{{Dts|24 January 1992}}<ref name="Europe">{{cite web |title=European countries |url=https://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-ukraine/bilateral-cooperation/european-countries |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720122956/https://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-ukraine/bilateral-cooperation/european-countries |archive-date=20 July 2019 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine |access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref>
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|167
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{Dts|25 January 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bélarus - France |url=https://france.mfa.gov.by/fr/bilateral_relations/political/ |access-date=29 July 2021 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|168
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{Dts|25 January 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Events calendar - 25 January 2022 |url=http://edu.e-history.kz/en/calendar/event/459 |access-date=9 March 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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|169
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{Dts|21 February 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relations entre l'Azerbaïdjan et la France - Introduction |url=https://paris.mfa.gov.az/fr/content/33/relations-entre-l039azerbaidjan-et-la-france-introduction |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|170
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{Dts|24 February 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations - France |url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/fr |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
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|171
|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{Dts|28 February 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Список стран, с которыми КР установил дипломатические отношения |url=https://mfa.gov.kg/kg/osnovnoe-menyu/vneshnyaya-politika/mezhdunarodnye-dogovory/spisok-stran-s-kotorymi-ustanovleny-dipotnosheniya/spisok-stran-s-kotorymi-kr-ustanovil-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya |access-date=10 October 2021 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|172
|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{Dts|1 March 1992}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Tajikistan diplomacy: The past and the present I |url=http://mfa.tj/files/kitobkhona/tajikistan_diplomacy_the_past_and_the_present_1/tajikistan_diplomacy_the_past_and_the_present_en.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305231414/http://mfa.tj/files/kitobkhona/tajikistan_diplomacy_the_past_and_the_present_1/tajikistan_diplomacy_the_past_and_the_present_en.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=29 December 2015 |page=166}}</ref>
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|173
|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{Dts|1 March 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=States with Which the Republic of Uzbekistan Established Diplomatic Relations |url=https://2014-2024.mfa.uz/en/pages/strani-kotoriye-uzbekistan-ustanovil-diplomaticheskiye-otnosheniya |website=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uzbekistan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan]] |access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref>
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|174
|{{Flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{Dts|6 March 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=States with which Turkmenistan diplomatic relations |url=https://www.mfa.gov.tm/en/articles/55?breadcrumbs=no |access-date=1 April 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan}}</ref>
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|175
|{{Flag|Moldova}}
|{{Dts|11 March 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=https://mfa.gov.md/en/content/republic-afghanistan |access-date=31 July 2021 |website=MFA Moldova}}</ref>
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|176
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{Dts|23 April 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Priznanja samostojne Slovenije (in Slovenian) |url=https://fotogalerija.dz-rs.si/datoteke/Publikacije/Zborniki_RN/2016/Priznanja_samostojne_Slovenije.pdf |url-status=dead |access-date=18 March 2022 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309085500/https://fotogalerija.dz-rs.si/datoteke/Publikacije/Zborniki_RN/2016/Priznanja_samostojne_Slovenije.pdf }}</ref>
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|177
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{Dts|24 April 1992}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bilateral relations - Date of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://mvep.gov.hr/foreign-policy/bilateral-relations/date-of-recognition-and-establishment-od-diplomatic-relations/22800 |access-date=5 February 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia}}</ref>
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|178
|{{Flag|Georgia (country)|name=Georgia}}
|{{Dts|21 August 1992}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Relations between Georgia and the Republic of France |url=http://www.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?sec_id=356&lang_id=ENG |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116050000/http://mfa.gov.ge/index.php?sec_id=356&lang_id=ENG |archive-date=16 November 2011 |access-date=11 July 2011 |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Georgia)]]}}</ref>
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|179
|{{Flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{Dts|8 October 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 October 1992 |title=Akkreditierung von Botschaftern |url=https://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/viewer/image/000476564_1992/3560/LOG_0229/ |access-date=12 December 2024 |language=de}}</ref>
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|180
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{Dts|12 November 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 March 2020 |title=Lista zemalja koje su priznale Bosnu i Hercegovinu i datumi uspostavljanja diplomatskih odnosa |url=http://www.mvp.gov.ba/vanjska_politika_bih/bilateralni_odnosi/datumi_priznanja_i_uspostave_diplomatskih_odnosa/?id=6 |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=bs}}</ref>
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|181
|{{Flag|Marshall Islands}}
|{{Dts|8 December 1992}}
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|182
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{Dts|1 January 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Francúzsko |url=https://www.mzv.sk/cestovanie_a_konzularne_info/detail/-/asset_publisher/Iw1ppvnScIPx/content/francuzska-republika?displayMode=1 |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=sk |archive-date=8 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708062422/http://www.mzv.sk/cestovanie_a_konzularne_info/detail/-/asset_publisher/Iw1ppvnScIPx/content/francuzska-republika?displayMode=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|183
|{{Flag|Federated States of Micronesia}}
|{{Dts|21 January 1993}}
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|184
|{{Flag|Andorra}}
|{{Dts|3 June 1993}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Diplomatic relations |url=https://www.exteriors.ad/en/101-continguts-angles/diplomatic-representations/diplomatic-relations |access-date=3 July 2021 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Andorra}}</ref>
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|185
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{Dts|27 December 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=310 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930040551/http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=310 |archive-date=30 September 2011 |access-date=3 April 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia}}</ref>
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|186
|{{Flag|Eritrea}}
|{{Dts|23 March 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Eritrea Update, August 1993-2 |publisher=Provisional Government of Eritrea (EPLF), Mission to the USA and Canada}}</ref>
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|187
|{{Flag|Palau}}
|{{Dts|21 October 1997}}
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|{{Flag|Cook Islands}}
|{{Dts|19 October 1999}}
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|188
|{{Flag|Timor-Leste}}
|{{Dts|6 December 2002}}
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|189
|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{Dts|13 June 2006}}<ref name="mfa">{{cite web |title=Tabela priznanja i uspostavljanja diplomatskih odnosa |url=https://mvp.gov.me/rubrike/bilateralni-odnosi/Tabela-priznanja-i-uspostavljanja-diplomatskih-odn |access-date=16 April 2021 |publisher=Montenegro Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration |archive-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213235103/https://mvp.gov.me/rubrike/bilateralni-odnosi/Tabela-priznanja-i-uspostavljanja-diplomatskih-odn |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Kosovo}}
|{{Dts|18 February 2008}}<ref name="Visoka">{{cite book |author1=Gëzim Visoka |title=Acting Like a State: Kosovo and the Everyday Making of Statehood |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781138285330 |location=Abingdon |pages=219–221}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|South Sudan}}
|{{Dts|11 October 2011}}
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|{{Flag|Niue}}
|{{Dts|15 January 2012}} or before<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-nz.org/-Autres-pays-d-accreditation- |title=Autres pays d'accréditation |access-date=2015-06-26 |language=French |publisher=Embassy of France in Wellington |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421184129/http://www.ambafrance-nz.org/-Autres-pays-d-accreditation- |archive-date=2015-04-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ambafrance-nz.org/-Countries-Accredited-to-Embassy- | title = Accredited Countries | publisher = Embassy of France in Wellington | date =  | access-date = 2015-01-04 | archive-date = 1 January 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150101094017/http://www.ambafrance-nz.org/-Countries-Accredited-to-Embassy- | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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|{{Flag|DPRK}}
|{{Date table sorting|October 2011}}<ref>https://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/2011/06/30/new-cell-at-unesco,91014427-art</ref><ref>https://www.38north.org/2014/01/afostercarter012314/</ref>
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==Bilateral relations==
===Africa===
{{Main|France–Africa 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 – particularly where British interests are also involved – 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 Déby]], and [[Denis Sassou Nguesso]].

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|{{flag|Algeria }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Algeria–France relations]]

Relations between post-colonial Algeria and France have remained close throughout the years, although sometimes difficult. In 1962, the [[Évian Accords]] peace treaty laid the foundations of a new Franco-Algerian relationship. In exchange for a generous ''coopération'' regime (massive financial, technical and cultural aid), France secured a number of economic and military privileges. Economically, France enjoyed a preferential treatment vis-à-vis the Saharan wealth of hydrocarbons. Militarily, it could keep the Mers-el-Kébir 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 (lycée) 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]].
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|{{flagu|Angola }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Angola–France 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 – News – 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]].
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|{{flagu|Burkina Faso }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Burkina Faso–France 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 [[France–Burundi relations]]

* Burundi has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[Bujumbura]].
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|{{flagu|Cameroon }}||<!--Date started-->||

* Cameroon has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[Yaoundé]] and a consulate-general in [[Douala]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flagu|Cape Verde }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Cape Verde–France relations]]

* Cape Verde has an embassy in Paris and consulate-general in Nice.
* France has an embassy in [[Praia]].
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|{{flagu|Central African Republic }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|13 August 1960}}||See [[Central African Republic–France relations]]

* Central African Republic has an embassy in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amb-rcaparis.org/site/|title=Ambassade de Centrafrique à 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 République 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>
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|{{flagu|Chad }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|11 August 1960}}||See [[Chad–France 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 République du Tchad à 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 Congo–France relations]]

* Congo has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[Brazzaville]].
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|{{flagu|Comoros }}||<!--Date started-->||

* Comoros has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[Moroni, Comoros|Moroni]].
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|{{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 fått 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]].
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|{{flagu|Djibouti }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Djibouti–France relations]]

* Djibouti has an embassy in Paris
* France has an embassy in [[Djibouti City]].
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|{{flagu|Egypt}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Egypt–France 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]].
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|{{flagu|Ethiopia }}||<!--Date started-->||

* Ethiopia has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]].
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|{{flagu|Gabon }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Gabon 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.
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|{{flagu|Ghana }}||<!--Date started-->||

* France has an embassy in [[Accra]].
* Ghana has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Guinea }}||<!--Date started-->||

* France has an embassy in [[Conakry]].
* Guinea has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Ivory Coast}}||<!--Date started-->
|See [[France–Ivory Coast relations]]
In 2002 and 2003, France participated in military interventions in Côte d'Ivoire in [[Opération Licorne]] and [[United Nations Operation in Côte 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.
* Côte d'Ivoire has an embassy in Paris and a consulate-general in Lyon.
* France has an embassy in [[Abidjan]].
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|{{flagu|Kenya }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Kenya relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Nairobi]].
* Kenya has an embassy in Paris.
|-
|{{Flagu|Lesotho}}
|
|See [[France–Lesotho 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.
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|{{flagu|Liberia}}||1852||See [[France–Liberia 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>
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|{{flagu|Libya}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Libya 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 (1965–1979)|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>
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|{{flagu|Madagascar}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|26 June 1960}}||See [[France–Madagascar relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Antananarivo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-mada.org/|title=La France à 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, Réunion|Saint-Denis]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ambassade-madagascar.fr| title = Embassy of Madagascar in Paris (in French)}}</ref>
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|{{flagu|Mali }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Mali relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Bamako]].
* Mali has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Mauritania }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Mauritania 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.
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|{{flagu|Mauritius }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Mauritius relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Port Louis]].
* Mauritius has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Morocco }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Morocco 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.
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|{{flagu|Mozambique }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Mozambique relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Maputo]].
* Mozambique has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Namibia}}||<!--Date started-->||

* France has an embassy in [[Windhoek]].
* Namibia has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Niger }}||<!--Date started-->4 August 1960
(relations severed 4 August 2023
|See [[France–Niger 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.
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|{{flagu|Nigeria }}||<!--Date started-->||

* France has an embassy in [[Abuja]] and a consulate-general in [[Lagos]].
* Nigeria has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Rwanda}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Rwanda 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.
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|{{flagu|Senegal }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|August 1960}}||See [[France–Senegal 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.
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|{{flagu|Somalia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Somalia 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=291–292}} 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.
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|{{flagu|South Africa }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–South Africa relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Pretoria]] and consulates-general in [[Cape Town]] and [[Johannesburg]].
* South Africa has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{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 [[France–Togo relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Lomé]].
* Togo has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Tunisia }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Tunisia relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Tunis]].
* Tunisia has an embassy in Paris and several consulates-general throughout the country.
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|{{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|France–Americas 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 [[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 }}
|- valign="top"
|{{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]].
|- 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 [[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]].
|- valign="top"
|{{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>
|- valign="top"
|{{flagu|Chile}}||<!--Date started-->1846||See [[Chile–France relations]]

* Chile has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[Santiago]].
|- valign="top"
|{{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]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flagu|Costa Rica }}||<!--Date started-->||

* Costa Rica has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flagu|Cuba}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Cuba–France 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 [[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]].
|- valign="top"
|{{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]].
|- 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 Salvador–France 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 [[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>
|- 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 [[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 }}
|- 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 [[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]
|- valign="top"
|{{flagu|Peru}}||<!--Date started-->1826||See [[France–Peru 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 [[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]].
|- valign="top"
|{{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.
|- valign="top"
|{{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.
|- valign="top"
|{{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 }}
|- valign="top"
|{{flagu|Venezuela}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Venezuela relations]]

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

===Asia===
{{Main|France–Asia 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 [[Asia–Europe 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 [[Afghanistan–France 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 [[Armenia–France 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 [[Azerbaijan—France 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 [[Cambodia–France relations]]

* Cambodia has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[Phnom Penh]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flagu|China}}||{{dts|7 October 1913}}||See [[China–France 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 €13 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 [[France–Georgia 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 [[France–India 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 [[Armée 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)|Pondichéry]] 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 – 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|Scorpène|submarine|1}}s worth US$3&nbsp;billion and 43 [[Airbus]] aircraft for [[Indian Airlines]] worth US$2.5&nbsp;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]].
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|{{flagu|Indonesia }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Indonesia 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
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| 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.
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|{{flagu|Iran }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Iran 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, 1991–2003." ''Modern & Contemporary France'' (2004) 12#2 pp: 371–385.</ref>
* France has an embassy in [[Tehran]].
* Iran has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Iraq }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Iraq 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.
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|{{flagu|Israel }}||{{dts|12 January 1949}}||See [[France–Israel 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]].
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|{{flagu|Japan }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Japan 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 à 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.
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|{{flagu|Kazakhstan}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|25 January 1992}}||See [[France–Kazakhstan 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>
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|{{flagu|Kuwait}}||<!--Date started-->||

* France has an embassy in [[Kuwait City]].
* Kuwait has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Laos}}||<!--Date started-->||

* France has an embassy in [[Vientiane]].
* Laos has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Lebanon }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Lebanon relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Beirut]].
* Lebanon has an embassy in Paris and a consulate-general in Marseille.
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|{{flagu|Malaysia }}||1957||See [[France–Malaysia 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 Münster|isbn=978-3-643-80085-5|pages=34–}}</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"/>
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|{{flagu|Myanmar}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Myanmar 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.
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|{{flagu|North Korea }}||<!--Date started-->{{N/a}}||See [[France–North 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>
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|{{flagu|Pakistan }}||<!--Date started-->
|See [[France–Pakistan 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.
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|{{flagu|Philippines }}||<!--1947-->||See [[France–Philippines relations]]

The France–Philippines 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.
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|{{flagu|Qatar}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Qatar 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 émirat 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.
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|{{flagu|Saudi Arabia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Saudi Arabia relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Riyadh]] and a consulate-general in [[Jeddah]]..
* Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Singapore }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Singapore relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Singapore]].
* Singapore has an embassy Paris.
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|{{flagu|South Korea }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|4 June 1886}}||See [[France–South 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 Corée - Ambassade de France à Séoul}}</ref> 
* South Korea has an embassy in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://overseas.mofa.go.kr/fr-ko/index.do |title = 주 프랑스 대한민국 대사관}}</ref>
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|{{flagu|Sri Lanka }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|27 October 1948}}||
* France has an embassy in [[Colombo]].
* Sri Lanka has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Syria}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Syria 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>
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|{{flagu|Thailand }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Thailand relations]]

France–Thailand 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.
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|{{flagu|Turkey}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Turkey 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.
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|{{flagu|Turkmenistan }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Turkmenistan relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Ashgabat]].
* Turkmenistan has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|United Arab Emirates}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–United Arab Emirates relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Abu Dhabi]] and a consulate-general in [[Dubai]].
* United Arab Emirates has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Vietnam }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Vietnam relations]]

France–Vietnam 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 Béhaine]] to help establish the [[Nguyễn 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.
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|{{Flag|Yemen}}
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|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.
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===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
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|{{flagu|Albania }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Albania–France 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 [[Andorra–France relations]]

* Andorra has an embassy in Paris.
* France has an embassy in [[Andorra la Vella]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flagu|Austria }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Austria–France 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 [[Belgium–France 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]].
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|{{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-Herzégovine|access-date=19 February 2015}}</ref> Centre André 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 Herzégovine – 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-Herzégovine en France|access-date=19 February 2015}}</ref> 
* France has an embassy in [[Sarajevo]].
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|{{flagu|Bulgaria }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|8 July 1879}}||See [[Bulgaria–France 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 }} 
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|{{flagu|Croatia }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Croatia–France 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]]
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|{{flagu|Cyprus }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Cyprus–France 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]].
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|{{flagu|Czech Republic }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Czech Republic–France 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]].
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|{{flagu|Denmark }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Denmark–France 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 [[Finland–France 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 [[France–Germany relations]]

[[Franco-German cooperation]] is widely seen as the engine of European integration.
* France has an embassy in Berlin and consulates-general in [[Düsseldorf]], [[Frankfurt]], [[Hamburg]], [[Munich]], [[Saarbrücken]] 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]].
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| {{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 Grèce – Πρεσβεία της Γαλλίας στην Ελλάδα – La France en Grèce|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]].
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|{{flagu|Holy See }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Holy See relations]]

* The Holy See has an [[Apostolic Nunciature]] in Paris.
* France has an embassy to the Holy See based in Rome.
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|{{flagu|Hungary }}||<!--Date started-->
|See [[France–Hungary relations]]
* France has an embassy in [[Budapest]].
* Hungary has an embassy in Paris. 
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].
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|{{flagu|Iceland }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Iceland relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Reykjavík]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance.is/ |title=France embassy in Reykjavík |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]
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|{{flagu|Ireland }}||<!--Date started-->1922
|See [[France–Ireland 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]
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|{{flagu|Italy }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Italy 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]].
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|{{flagu|Kosovo}}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|18 February 2008}}
|''See [[France–Kosovo 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 à l'étranger<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref>
* Kosovo has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{flagu|Latvia }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|30 August 1991}}
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* 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-Étienne]], [[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]
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|{{flagu|Lithuania }}||<!--Date started-->
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* 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, Drôme|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 }}
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|{{flagu|Luxembourg }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Luxembourg 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]].
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|{{flagu|Malta }}||<!--Date started-->
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* 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]].
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|{{flagu|Moldova }}||<!--Date started-->||
* France opened an [[French Embassy, Chişinău|Embassy in Chişinău]].
* 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>
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|{{flagu|Monaco }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Monaco relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Monte Carlo]].
* Monaco has an embassy in Paris.
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|{{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]].
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|{{flagu|Netherlands }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Netherlands 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]]. 
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|{{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]].
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|{{flagu|Norway }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Norway relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Oslo]].
* Norway has an embassy in Paris. 
* Both countries are full members of [[NATO]].
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|{{flagu|Poland }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Poland 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 [[Kraków]].
* 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]].
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|{{flagu|Portugal }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Portugal 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]].
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|{{flagu|Romania }}||<!--Date started-->1396
| See [[France–Romania 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]].
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|{{flagu|Russia }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Russia 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.
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|{{flagu|Serbia }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|18 January 1879}}||See [[France–Serbia 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 }}
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|{{flagu|Slovakia }}||<!--Date started-->1993
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* France has an embassy in [[Bratislava]] and 2 honorary consulates in [[Košice]] and [[Martin, Slovakia|Martin]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Coordonnées, horaires et jours fériés. - 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 {{!}} Veľvyslanectvo Slovenskej republiky v Paríži |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]
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|{{flagu|Slovenia }}||<!--Date started-->
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* 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]
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|{{flagu|Spain }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Spain 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]].
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|{{flagu|Sweden }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[France–Sweden 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]]. 
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|{{flagu|Switzerland }}||1798
|See [[France–Switzerland relations]]

* France has an embassy in [[Bern]] and consulates-general in [[Geneva]] and [[Zürich]].
* Switzerland has an embassy in Paris and consulates-general in [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]] and [[Strasbourg]].
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|{{flagu|Ukraine }}||{{dts|24 January 1992}}
|See [[France–Ukraine 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 }}
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|{{flagu|United Kingdom }}||<!--Date started-->
|See [[France–United 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]]. 
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===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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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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==See also==
{{portal|History|France|Politics}}

* [[Deployments of the French military]]
* [[Evolution of the French Empire]]
* [[French colonial empire]]
* [[French colonisation of the Americas]]
* [[Francization]], use of the language
* [[History of France]]
* [[International relations, 1648–1814]]
* [[International relations (1814–1919)]]
* [[Causes of World War I]]
* [[French entry into World War I]]
* [[International relations (1919–1939)]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions in France]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions of France]]
* [[Visa requirements for French citizens]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
{{main|Bibliography of France#Foreign relations}}

==External links==
{{Wikisource|Littell's Living Age/Volume 144/Issue 1855/Some Victims of French Diplomacy|a historical survey of French diplomatic crises till the late nineteenth century}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131120211700/http://www.france.fr/en/institutions-and-values/france-and-un-strong-commitment-outset France and the UN], fact sheet on the official website of France

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