Jean-Yves Le Drian

Premier Viorica Dancila received on Thursday French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, currently on a visit to Bucharest, with the two officials tackling, among others, Romania's goals regarding its bid for Schengen and OECD membership, the government said in a release.

Romania can count on France's support for the success of its first presidency of the Council of the European Union, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian told a joint press statement with his Romanian counterpart Teodor Melescanu in Bucharest, on Thursday.

Romania firmly condemns the use of chemical weapons in any circumstances, but particularly when they are used against civilians, Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu said on Thursday.

Melescanu was asked during a joint press statement with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian about a possible international military response to the chemical attack in Syria.

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Monday on Syria following a chemical attack on civilians in Eastern Ghouta, according to the U.S. mission at the UN.

Recent statements by Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos in response to a spike in tension between Athens and Turkey are "foolhardy," Turkish Minister of European Affairs Omer Celik said on Thursday.

France said on Sunday it would not recognize Russia's election in the Crimea peninsula, four years to the day after Russia formally annexed the territory from Ukraine in a move slammed by the West as illegal.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic on Friday received French Ambassador Frederic Mondoloni, who presented to her a letter from her French counterpart Edouard Philippe and conveyed his commitment to further strengthening of bilateral relations at all levels.

Brnabic noted the significance of French FM Jean-Yves Le Drian's visit to Serbia in April this year, an official statement said.

The diplomat "delivered her a letter from Prime Minister of France Edouard Philippe."

Mondoloni "conveyed to Prime Minister Brnabic the commitment of Prime Minister Philippe to the further strengthening of bilateral relations between Serbia and France at all levels."

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on March 3 spoke with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian over phone, state-run Anadolu Agency reported, citing diplomatic sources.

PARIS - French Minister of European and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian told Serbian FM Ivica Dacic at Tuesday's meeting in Paris the EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina was crucial for ensuring lasting stabilisation in the entire region, the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs said in a statement.