French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (photo) called for the creation of a democratic Palestinian state on Tuesday during a visit to Jordan and said that Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is "indispensable" for the Middle East peace process.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner warned Iran on Wednesday that Western powers would not wait "until the end of the world" for the Islamic Republic to give an official response to a UN-brokered nuclear deal.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (pictured) has urged Lebanon's feuding parties to step up efforts to form a government four months after the country held elections.
On a visit to Kabul on Saturday, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (left) joined a chorus of foreign leaders and top officials pressuring Afghan President Hamid Karzai (right) to resolve the dispute over August's presidential vote.
On a visit to Kabul on Saturday, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (left) joined a chorus of foreign leaders and top officials pressuring Afghan President Hamid Karzai (right) to resolve the dispute over August's presidential vote.
Guinea's junta leader (photo) has accused French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner of "denigrating the people of Africa” in his reaction to last week's massacre of Guinean opposition supporters.
A week after the bloody repression of an opposition rally in Guinea, Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore is expected in Conakry to broker peace. Meanwhile, France has officially stated that it no longer supports Guinea's leader.
France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has called for an international intervention in Guinea, saying that Paris could "not work anymore" with the West African country's junta leader, Daddis Moussa Camara.
After talks in Paris with international envoys on Afghanistan's future, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said troops will stay to secure the country until agriculture, health and education projects can take hold.
The release of Clotilde Reiss, a young French lecturer on trial in Iran on charges related to post-election protests, is a "top priority" for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, his office said on Monday. France denies that Reiss was a spy.
