Jean-Yves Le Drian

Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu held a bilateral meeting with the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian at the NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels on Wednesday.

As Index.hr carried, Johnson's advisors had a meeting on Sunday to discuss the ways in which they could prevent British parliament form imposing three-month Brexit extension if they do not strike a deal with EU.

Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on May 28 said France was intensifying diplomatic efforts to prevent six of its citizens being executed in Iraq after they were sentenced to death for belonging to Islamic State.

Fourth, Paris took the opportunity at the summit to publish a new national strategy for the Western Balkan region, acknowledging a retreat and a lack of interest over the last decade after strong involvement in the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s with NATO's Kosovo force KFOR in particular.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has expressed his country's support for the sovereign rights of the Republic of Cyprus during a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides in Paris.

Greek Foreign Minister George Katrougalos will visit Paris on Wednesday for talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian.
The two officials will discuss issues of regional and international interest, including the situation in Syria and Libya and the European prospects of Western Balkan countries.

French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed Friday's ratification of the Prespes deal by the Greek Parliament.

"I welcome the vote on the Prespa agreement. That is an example of courage and unity for Europe," Macron said in a message on Twitter late Friday.

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian also hailed the outcome of the vote.

A joint initiative by Germany and France to address illicit firearms trafficking has moved the issue of controlling the illegal trade in small arms from the Western Balkans up the political agenda, the German Federal Foreign Office told BIRN.

The Italian international conference for Libya in Palermo has kick-started with two meetings for the UNSMIL and Libyan parties discussing economic and security reforms in a row, reported libyaobserver.ly

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Sept. 30 met his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian in Paris, a Turkish diplomatic source has said.