2021
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France provides 2 million euros in emergency assistance to the Philippines
Following the damage caused by Super-Typhoon Odette (Rai), which has claimed nearly 400 victims and displaced tens of thousands of people in the Philippines, France stands alongside the Filipino people.
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France Pacific Command Conducts First Pacific Coast Guard Network Seminar to Strengthen Indo-Pacific Strategy
The Commander of the Asia-Pacific and French Polynesia maritime zones, Rear Admiral Jean-Mathieu Rey, headed the first seminar conducted by the Pacific Coast Guard Network on November 15-16, 2021. This seminar was held via teleconference and has brought together representatives from 20 Pacific States and interregional agencies. This seminar enabled the strengthening of mutual knowledge and cooperation in the surveillance of exclusive economic zones (EEZ) in order to collectively respond to the challenges of the fight against trafficking and natural disasters.
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Franco-German Human Rights Prize awarded to Karapatan Secretary-General Cristina Palabay
French Ambassador Michèle Boccoz and German Ambassador Anke Reiffenstuel have jointly awarded the 2021 Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law to Cristina Palabay, Secretary-General of Karapatan Alliance Philippines during a ceremony held in Manila last December 15, 2021.
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Visit to Cebu (October 23 to 26, 2021)
French Ambassador Michèle Boccoz highlighted the deepening ties and diverse areas of cooperation between France and the Philippines during a visit to Cebu City from October 23 to 26, 2021.
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Bastille Day in the Philippines
Last July 14, French Ambassador Michèle Boccoz welcomed members of the Philippine government, the diplomatic corps, and selected partners of the Embassy to an intimate reception to celebrate the French National Day.
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Meeting between French Amb. Michèle Boccoz and Philippine Foreign Affairs Usec. Brigido Dulay
French Ambassador Michèle Boccoz met Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security and Consular Concerns Mr. Brigido Dulay, during which they discussed the dynamics of Franco-Philippine relations, as well as the vaccination of foreign residents in the Philippines, the conditions of entry of foreign nationals into the Philippine territory, and in view of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and France in 2022.
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Meeting of French Ambassador Michèle Boccoz with Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and visit to BRP Gabriela Silang
French Ambassador Michèle Boccoz met Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City last March 2, 2021. The meeting, which included a discussion on France’s Indo-Pacific strategy, took place as part of the exchanges between the two countries on defense issues within the framework of the bilateral defense arrangement signed in May 2016.
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Courtesy visit of the French Ambassador to the Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs (15 February 2021)
Last February 15, French Ambassador to the Philippines Michèle Boccoz paid a courtesy visit to Mr. Teodoro Locsin, Jr., Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines.