France's Le Drian says Iran ballistic ambitions very worrying 2/27/2018 9:50:29 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attends the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris MOSCOW (Reuters) February 27, 2018  - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesday that Iran’s ballistic missile ambitions were very worrying and ran counter to a U.N. resolution. Le Drian, speaking at a news conference after talks with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, said it was necessary to avoid the Iranian ballistic program becoming a factor that threatened its neighbors. 

France says Iran not respecting U.N. text on ballistic missiles 1/23/2018 12:11:00 PM French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian BRUSSELS, (Reuters) Jan. 22, 2018  - France’s foreign minister accused Iran on Monday of not respecting part of a U.N. resolution that calls on Tehran to refrain from work on ballistic missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads. Speaking on arrival at a European foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, Jean-Yves Le Drian also said the 28 ministers would reiterate their concerns over Iran’s activities in Yemen, Lebanon and Syria, which he described as destabilizing. “We will also have the opportunity of underlining our firmness on Iran’s compliance with  United Nations  Resolution 2231, which limits access to ballistic capacity and which Iran does not respect,” Le Drian said. Under the U.N. resolution enshrining the 2015 nuclear deal with Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States, Iran is “called upon...

US – Visit by Jean-Yves Le Drian 12/17/2017 5:51:28 PM French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian Washington, 18 December 2017  - Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian will be in Washington on December 18. This trip comes at a particularly important time for our bilateral relationship, given the size of the challenges that France and the United States must face together. In the course of his visit, Mr. Le Drian will deepen the level of the regular talks he holds with his counterpart Rex Tillerson, whom he hosted in Paris on December 8. He will also meet with National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner, as well as several think tank representatives. During these discussions, Mr. Le Drian will evoke our cooperation in every area, beginning with counterterrorism and the main regional crises: • Syria:  The foreign minister will discuss the situ...

Joint Statement on Syria Chemical Weapons by Foreign Secretary of Four Major Countries 11/9/2017 6:56:15 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print From left, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Washington, DC November 8, 2017 ________________________________________ On October 26, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons- United Nations  Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM), a body established by unanimous decision of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), concluded that the Assad regime is responsible for the use of sarin in Khan Shaykhun on 4 April 2017. We have full trust in the JIM’s findings, its professionalism and independence. The Syrian regime violated international law, including the Chemical Weapons Convention. We condemn this heinous act and demand that the Syrian regime immedi...

France says takes U.S. claims Iran violated U.N. resolutions seriously 11/8/2017 3:17:29 PM The United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused Iran on Tuesday of supplying Yemen’s Houthi rebels with a missile that was fired into Saudi Arabia PARIS (Reuters)NOV. 8, 2017  - France’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday it was taking accusations by the United States that Iran had violated two U.N. Security Council resolutions seriously and urged Iran to comply with all its international commitments. The United States Ambassador to the  United Nations  Nikki Haley accused Iran on Tuesday of supplying Yemen’s Houthi rebels with a missile that was fired into Saudi Arabia in July and called for the U.N. to hold Tehran accountable for violating two U.N. Security Council resolutions. “We take these American indications seriously and attach utmost importance to Iran’s compliance with all of its international obligations, including th...