Jean-Yves Le Drian

Europe 04/15/20, 10:54

On Tuesday, April 14, France's foreign minister issued a warning to the representative of the Chinese Embassy in France after the embassy made public its criticism of the West's handling of the CCP (Chinese cCommunist Party) coronavirus crisis. The latest comments posted on the embassy's official website suggested that nursing home ...

Europe 05/28/19, 04:06

France's foreign minister says his government is working to spare four French former members of the Islamic State group from execution after Iraq sentenced them to death.However, France has made no effort to bring back captured French IS fighters, including the four sentenced this week.Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian reiterated ...

Europe 04/19/19, 13:39

The foreign ministers of Italy and France say their countries are trying to forge a common strategy on Libya. Italy's minster, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, told reporters Friday after the two held talks in Rome that lower-ranking ministry officials will meet next week in the Italian capital "to build the path toward ...

Europe 03/27/19, 05:17

France's foreign minister is attending a meeting of Germany's Cabinet, following up on a friendship treaty that the two European powers signed earlier this year.German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said as he welcomed French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian on Wednesday he hoped the visit was "setting in motion a long-lasting ...

Europe 02/04/19, 04:22

Spain, France and Sweden have all announced that they are recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's interim president and are urging him to hold a new presidential election. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told reporters in Madrid on Monday that "we are working for the return of full ...

World 09/24/18, 10:15

The Latest on the United Nations General Assembly (all times local):10 a.m.France's foreign minister wants the U.N. to rally behind a Russian-Turkish accord averting a massive battle for the Syrian rebel stronghold of Idlib.Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Monday that the accord is "a good thing" and an "opportunity ...