China's Vice Premier Ma Kai has hailed the positive and fruitful economic and financial partnership between China and France, calling for a closer bilateral cooperation to harness wider business opportunities.
French Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg, a staunch critic of austerity policy, threatened to resign on Monday and refused to join a new government.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will join Western leaders in celebrating the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France next month despite standoff over Ukraine, Russia's envoy to Paris said on Thursday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, held talks here on Wednesday to blueprint the future relationship between the two countries.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Lyon on Tuesday for a state visit to France upon the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
French police on Tuesday arrested 34Greenpeace activists after several dozen activities entered a nuclear power plant in eastern France's Fessenheim in a move to reveal security problems at atomic facilities, local media reported.
France wanted the suspension of this week's preparatory meetings for the G8 summit in Russia's Sochi in June, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he would travel to France in June to attend events in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of D-Day landings.
France has no plans to send more troops to the Central African Republic (CAR) after Bangui's officials calls for additional foreign troops to restore order and stop sectarian violence in the country, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Thursday.
French President Francois Hollande arrived in Israel Sunday on his first official visit to the country for discussions on Iran's nuclear plan and the world's efforts to prevent it from possible militarization.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, reiterating France's request for an explanation regarding the "unacceptable" spying practices, said French Foreign Ministry in a statement.
U.S. will discuss its global espionage programme with France, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was quoted as saying on Monday in Paris, after France summoned the U.S. ambassador earlier in the day on spy claims.
French President Francois Hollande will visit South Africa in mid-October to boost bilateral ties, a senior official announced in Pretoria on Tuesday.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Paris holding a news conference with member officials from the Arab League to seek support for its policy in Syria, media said Sunday.
France pledged to further secure Chinese safety after a violent attack on Chinese students in southwest France, a government official said Tuesday.
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls on Saturday condemned the attack on six Chinese students in France's western Gironde Province, describing the incident as an act of xenophobia.
France will embrace its first gay wedding on Wednesday, less than two weeks after President Francois Hollande signed the law on gay marriage and adoption.