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We express grave concern over the continued deadly unlawful attacks on civilians, civilian infrastructure and humanitarian operations as heavy fighting across the Kordofan and Darfur States continues. The recent severe escalation in drone and aerial attacks including those affecting displaced civilians, health facilities, food convoys and areas near humanitarian compounds have resulted in a significant number of civilian deaths and injuries and is further disrupting humanitarian access and (…)

Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot spoke with UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher on February 18.
The Minister stressed France's commitment to both international law and international humanitarian law, and to the principles governing the protection of civilians and humanitarian action. He praised the work of French nongovernmental organizations and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of (…)

Anne Le Hénanff, Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, is announcing in New Delhi the launch of a call for international scientific contributions on the risks and vulnerabilities generated by general public uses of generative artificial intelligence with respect to minors. At the “Protecting Children in the Age of AI” event held on Wednesday, 18 February under the French Presidency of the G7, in the margins of the India AI Impact Summit, Anne Le Hénanff, Minister (…)

On the second commemoration of Alexei Navalny's death in a Russian penal colony, we once again express our deepest condolences to his family. We underline that the Russian authorities remain solely responsible. The February 3rd judgement by the European Court of Human Rights furthermore underlined that Russia bears responsibility for the inhuman and degrading treatment of Navalny in detention and for the lack of adequate response to his requests. Especially given recent findings published by (…)

Two years after the death in prison of Russian political opposition figure Alexei Navalny on 16 February 2024, France once again pays tribute to his commitment to a free, democratic Russia.
France holds the Russian authorities fully responsible for Alexei Navalny's death and calls for an independent, in-depth investigation to be conducted to shed full light on the circumstances of his tragic end.
It also continues to deplore the sentencing a year ago of Alexei Liptser (five years' (…)

France welcomes the agreement by the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi, for the implementation of a ceasefire as proposed by Angola to all the warring parties.
France also emphasizes the importance of implementing the Washington Accords of 4 December 2025 in every aspect, and calls on all the parties to honour their commitments. France will continue to make every effort to ensure that the momentum for peace created by these accords, by the Doha (…)

The UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands are confident that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin.
This is the conclusion of our Governments based on analyses of samples from Alexei Navalny. These analyses have conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine.
Epibatidine is a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America. It is not found naturally in Russia.
Russia claimed that Navalny died of natural causes. But given the toxicity of epibatidine and reported (…)

The Foreign Ministers of France, Canada, Italy, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, met on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference for the first time under the 2026 French G7 Presidency. This informal meeting, the first of the Foreign Affairs track, was an opportunity for the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Mr Jean-Noël Barrot, to present the key priorities of the French G7 Presidency (…)

France offers its condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims of Cyclones Fytia and Gezani.
We stand shoulder to shoulder with Madagascar's people and government, and are continuing to dispatch relief supplies and experts in order to respond to the emergency.
This support is made possible by the decisive action of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs' Crisis and Support Center, as well as government agencies based in Reunion (…)

Dairy products: a lowering of Chinese tariffs remains inadequate in view of the challenges facing our industry
We note the conclusions published by the Chinese authorities yesterday, leading to the introduction of definitive tariffs on the European dairy industry ranging from 7.4% to 11.7%, when provisional, much higher levels – between 21.9% and 42.7% – had been envisaged in December 2025. These measures relate to a volume of trade estimated at nearly €430 million.
These tariffs continue to (…)