French FM accuses Russia, Iran of "complicity with Syria regime brutality"

The French top diplomat pointed the finger at the two countries over its "ambiguous policy" to handle the Syrian crisis...

Israel rejects French peace bid

Israel rejected Friday a new peace bid by France to revive the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, according to a report from the Israeli daily Haaretz.

France to recognise Palestine if talks fail

As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Fabius said that France had a responsibility to try to keep up efforts to find a solution between Israel and the Palestinians.

PYD won’t be invited to Syria talks, says French FM Fabius

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Jan. 27 that the United Nations’ special envoy to Syria had told him that he would not be inviting the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) to peace talks in Geneva scheduled to start on Jan. 29 and that a Riyadh-backed opposition group would lead the negotiations.

France demands assurances Assad will leave power

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Friday demanded that talks on Syria’s future yield assurances that President Bashar al-Assad will leave power.

UN Climate Talks Extended One Day

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says talks on an international accord to combat climate change will be extended one day to help overcome some disputes.

UPDATED: France's FM: Assad's departure not necessary before political transition

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said he no longer believes that Bashar al-Assad's departure is necessary before any political transition in Syria, in an interview published Saturday.

France ‘could work with Assad's forces’ against IS group

French foreign minister Laurent Fabius suggested Friday that troops loyal to Bashar al-Assad could be used to fight the Islamic State group, but only in the framework of a political transition without the Syrian President.

German intelligence spied on Fabius, FBI, UN bodies (Report)

Germany's foreign intelligence service spied on targets including French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, the FBI and the UN children's fund, a media report said Wednesday.

No accord within US-led coalition on Syria terrorist threat — (Russia FM)

There is no consensus within the US-led coalition on who is the terrorist threat in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.

French foreign minister blames migrant influx in Europe on poverty and conflicts

Growing migrant influx in Europe has been triggered by poverty and conflicts, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday at a ministerial conference of the 5+5 Dialogue, which brings together ten states of western Mediterranean, in Morocco’s Tangier.

France FM rules out military participation in ground operation in Syria. -- ISIS were preparing in Syria terrorist attacks on France

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius believes it is impossible as well as totally unreasonable for his country’s military forces to take part in the ground combat operation in Syria, French daily Le Figaro reported.

Ouster of Assad cannot be solution to Syrian crisis (French Foreign Ministry)

Removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power will not ensure the normalization of the situation in this country, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the RTL radio station on Tuesday.

French FM sees long battle against ISIS in Iraq

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq would be longer than anticipated, reiterating the coalition countries' determination to eradicate the Islamist threat in the region.

Saudi FM says Riyadh 'not at war with Iran' in Yemen

Saudi Arabia called on Iran to stop supporting Shiite rebels in Yemen on Sunday but Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal insisted Riyadh was not at war with Tehran.

Sanctions Against Iran Would Not Be Lifted Immediately (French FM)

The final decision to lift international sanctions against Iran is yet to be made and depends on Tehran's implementation of its obligations under Thursday's framework deal, the French foreign minister said Friday.

EU freezes new sanctions ahead of Ukraine peace summit

The European Union on Feb. 9 put fresh sanctions against Moscow on hold ahead of a summit to thrash out a Ukraine peace plan aimed at ending 10 months of bloodshed.
     
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the EU would hold off implementing new individual sanctions to improve the chances of success at the four-way summit planned for Wednesday in Minsk.

Lebanon to start receiving French arms in April (Paris)

The first deliveries of Saudi-funded French weapons to help Lebanon combat jihadists will begin in April, a spokesman for Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Sunday...

France hails Obama and Castro's decision to normalize diplomatic relations

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Wednesday hailed the move of American and Cuban leaders to open a new chapter on their diplomatic relations which have been severed since 1961.

France calls for two-year deadline on Mideast conflict

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called for a two-year time table to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as the French parliament debated whether to recognize the Palestinian state.