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In the face of the damage caused in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa, a historic Category 5 hurricane, and at the Jamaican Government's request, France is making active efforts to help the people affected.
With the support of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs' Crisis and Support Centre and the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism, an overseas support and assistance vessel from the French Armed Forces in the West Indies (FAA) today delivered 40 tonnes of humanitarian aid (half of (…)

France strongly condemns the ethnic atrocities perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, including summary executions, massacres, rapes, attacks against humanitarian workers, looting, kidnapping and forced displacements.
It urges the RSF to end the offensive in North Darfur and, in particular, not extend their operations to the territories where civilians fleeing their crimes are taking refuge. The perpetrators must be held to account and prosecuted.
Going beyond their (…)

The results published by INSEE [French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies] confirm the strong progress in French foreign trade in the third quarter of 2025. In an international context that is still uncertain, French exports are up 2.2% compared to the previous quarter, while imports have decreased 0.4%. Foreign trade is therefore making a positive contribution of 0.9 of a percentage point to GDP growth, after two quarters where it fell back.
Nicolas Forissier, Minister (…)

On International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, which France initiated at the United Nations General Assembly in 2013, we reaffirm our steadfast commitment to press freedom and the protection of journalists all over the world.
In an international context of increasing attacks on the freedom to inform, and of disinformation and growing pressures on independent media organizations, France pays tribute to those who risk their lives to defend everyone's basic right to free, (…)

Tallinn Mechanism Members, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States together with observers Czech Republic, The European Union, NATO and the World Bank, gathered in Paris on October 30-31st.
The Members have reaffirmed their unwavering support for Ukraine's digital sovereignty and resilience, announcing a further 60.9 million euros in 2025 through the Tallinn Mechanism for civilian cyber (…)

France congratulates Timor-Leste on becoming a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the 47th ASEAN summit held in Kuala Lumpur from October 26 to 28. Throughout the 14-year negotiation process, France fully supported Timor-Leste's goal of membership.
This is ASEAN's first enlargement since 1999, and Timor-Leste's membership is an important step toward strengthening the association's central role. It further anchors Timor-Leste in its regional environment, (…)

Meeting in Paris on 29 October 2025 for the eighth Paris Peace Forum, 29 States endorsed a political declaration reaffirming their commitment to enhanced multilateral action for information integrity and independent media, in the presence of President Emmanuel Macron, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, Ghanaian President John Mahama and Moldovan President Maia Sandu.
On the same day, true to its commitment to press freedom and an honest, free and (…)

France has today conducted an operation to return French children and mothers who were in camps in north-east Syria to France.
The operation enabled the return of 10 minors and 3 adult women.
The minors were handed over to child welfare services and will receive ongoing medical and social support. The adults were handed over to the relevant judicial authorities.
France thanks the Syrian transitional authorities and the local administration in north-east Syria, which made this operation (…)

Mme Eléonore Caroit, Minister Delegate for Francophony, International Partnerships and French Nationals Abroad, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, had a meeting today, Thursday 30 October 2025, with Ms Sara Beysolow Nyanti, Liberia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of President Joseph Nyumah Boakai's official visit to Paris. The meeting highlighted the excellent relations between France and Liberia. With Liberia sitting on the United Nations Security (…)

As we commemorate the victims of political repression in the Soviet Union, and in light of attempts to rewrite and instrumentalize history, France is concerned by the accelerating crackdown we are witnessing against all those who are critical of the Russian government.
The number of political prisoners recently surpassed 1,000, and many of them, including Alexei Gorinov, Maria Ponomarenko and Igor Baryshnikov, have experienced sharp declines in their health.
France calls on Russia to (…)