https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/security-disarmament-and-non-proliferation/news/2024/?xtor=RSS-1 en https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH72/visuel_defaut_une_fd-44916-890bc.jpg?1702480411 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr?xtor=RSS-1 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/security-disarmament-and-non-proliferation/news/2024/article/third-defense-trade-strategic-dialogue-dtsg-between-the-united-states-and?xtor=RSS-1 The third Defense Trade Strategic Dialogue (DTSG) between the United States and France was held on December 17 in Paris. This dialogue, co-chaired by high-level representatives of the Department of State and the Department of Defense for the United States and the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Armed Forces for France, aims to promote defense market access and to identify measures to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of export controls. The DTSG (…) 2025-01-08 18:50:06 65589_281979 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/security-disarmament-and-non-proliferation/news/2024/article/opcw-international-day-of-remembrance-for-all-victims-of-chemical-warfare-30?xtor=RSS-1 On the occasion of the international Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare, on 30 November, France reaffirms its resolute commitment to a complete ban on chemical weapons. The Chemical Weapons Convention is an essential pillar of the international disarmament framework. It brings together 193 States and has allowed declared chemical weapons stockpiles to be totally destroyed. France reiterates its full support for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (…) 2024-12-02 12:52:59 65589_281466 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/security-disarmament-and-non-proliferation/news/2024/article/joint-declaration-by-the-foreign-ministers-of-germany-france-poland-italy-spain?xtor=RSS-1 We, the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom, have come together today, recognizing that our common security is challenged as never before in our lifetimes. Russia is systematically attacking European security architecture. For the last 1,000 days, in its war of aggression against Ukraine, Russia has killed many thousands and repeatedly violated international law. Russia‘s reckless revisionism and constant refusal to stop the aggression and (…) 2024-11-19 15:05:31 65589_281289 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/security-disarmament-and-non-proliferation/news/2024/article/foreign-digital-interference-adoption-by-the-united-kingdom-of-sanctions?xtor=RSS-1 France welcomes today's adoption by the United Kingdom of a series of sanctions against three Russian companies and their leaders, implicated in Russian digital interference in Europe. France had reported these actors in June 2023 via the publication of the VIGINUM report on the RRN/Doppelgänger network, and in July 2023 it ensured European sanctions were imposed on these entities. France welcomes the excellent coordination between the EU and NATO Member States to broaden collective efforts (…) 2024-10-29 11:06:49 65589_280929 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/security-disarmament-and-non-proliferation/news/2024/article/cybersecurity-joint-communique-of-the-ministry-for-europe-and-foreign-affairs?xtor=RSS-1 On June 11, high representatives of three founding countries- the Ambassador of France to Montenegro, the Cyber Ambassador of Slovenia and the Cyber Ambassador of Montenegro opened the Western Balkans Cyber Capacity Center's first regional conference on « Building Regional Cyber Resilience » in Podgorica, Montenegro. The conference gathered together policy and technical experts from the six beneficiary countries (Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia), as (…) 2024-06-14 12:45:35 65589_279233 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/security-disarmament-and-non-proliferation/news/2024/article/foreign-digital-interference-result-of-investigations-into-the-russian?xtor=RSS-1 On February 12, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Stéphane Séjourné publicly revealed the discovery of a pro-Russian propaganda network called “Portal Kombat,” which was detected in the course of an investigation by the VIGINUM agency. His disclosure was aimed at alerting the French public – as a precautionary measure – to the threat of disinformation disseminated by Russian actors ahead of the European elections. Continuing its investigations into this scheme, VIGINUM highlighted the (…) 2024-02-15 18:41:29 65589_277742 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/security-disarmament-and-non-proliferation/news/2024/article/nato-turkey-s-parliament-votes-to-authorize-the-ratification-of-sweden-s?xtor=RSS-1 France takes note of the Turkish Parliament's vote to authorize the ratification of Sweden's NATO accession protocol. We hope the Turkish authorities will ratify it in a timely fashion and that Hungary will complete its own ratification process as quickly as possible. Sweden's membership in NATO, which follows that of Finland, will represent a major boost to our collective defense and Euro-Atlantic (…) 2024-01-24 16:45:08 65589_277432