Monday, 27 March 2017 Singapore: French President Francois Hollande arrived in Singapore, the first leg in the final foreign tour of his 5 year term, and will go on to Malaysia and Indonesia. The tour in Jakarta is dominated by economic and defence issues and is aimed mainly at strengthening …
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Tuesday, 21 March 2017 PARIS – France and Japan support a “free and open maritime order” in the Asia-Pacific region, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said after talks with French President Francois Hollande on Monday. The message seemed aimed at China, which claims almost all the South China Sea and …
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