Chirac visit to Hong Kong hoped to forge new cultural bonds
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When President Jacques Chirac opens the first exhibition in Asia of one of France's artistic treasures, Picasso's "The Parade", in Hong Kong, he will also be unveiling what is hoped to be a new era in cultural ...
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France's new Foreign Minister wants to bring a fresh sense of social justice to global politics
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ON HER visit to France earlier this year, to mark the anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, the Queen expressed her wish for a new spirit of cordiality in relations between France and Britain.
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French President Jacques Chirac, cast aside his political differences with America to decorate the US filmmaker behind such cinematic greats as Jaws and ET.
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President Jacques Chirac visits Senegal on Wednesday for the first time in a decade, hoping to boost ties with a former West African colony at a time when the United States is raising its military profile in the region.
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President Jacques Chirac, who arrived in Libya on the first visit by a French head of state, expressed the desire for a "true partnership" with Tripoli after years of "heavy turbulence".
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Jacques Chirac's state visit to London on Thursday is already being portrayed in parts of the British press as the stage for yet another contretemps with Tony Blair.
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France and Britain are locked in a long but stormy love affair, French President Jacques Chirac said just days before his cross-Channel trip to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the nations' Entente Cordiale.
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OXFORD, England, Nov 19  - French President Jacques Chirac, continuing his official visit to Britain, hailed Friday &quot;a very strong historical link&quot; between London and Paris, while arguing his case for a &quot;multipolar and interdependent world&quot;.
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Visiting French President Jacques Chirac yesterday pushed for stronger economic and political ties with China, emphasizing mutual respect and equality in foreign relations in his speech at Tongji University in Shanghai.
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Jacques Chirac told Oxford students today that France&#39;s relations with Britain were as important to it as its ties with Germany, despite recent disagreements over the war in Iraq.
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PARIS President Jacques Chirac of France will return from a lavish five-day state visit to China on Tuesday with industrial orders worth more than $4 billion, a success that is not going unnoticed in neighboring European countries and may intensify
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President Jacques Chirac visits Senegal  on Wednesday for the first time in a decade, hoping to boost  ties with a former West African colony at a time when the  United States is raising its military profile in the region.
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French President Jacques Chirac, on a state visit to China, launch the &quot;Year of France in China&quot; yesterday in Beijing. He arrived in China from Singapore where he stopped over on his trip, dubbed his continuing &quot;30-year liaison with Asia.
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President Jacques Chirac has expressed the hope that his upcoming visit to China would further boost the Sino-French partnership. &quot;Our partnership is built on a shared view of the world, which is multipolar
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President Jacques Chirac has been busy talking up the advantages of trade with France on his current Asian tour - but back home the newspapers have been lukewarm on his performance.
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French President Jacques Chirac held talks with his South Korean counterpart Roh Moo-Hyun in Paris and expressed the hope that his visit would give a "new impetus" to bilateral relations, Chirac's office said.