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Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

22nd May 2014 Paris, France

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by Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict – the view from Paris

End Sexual Violence in Conflict - #TimeToAct

For far too long, rape and sexual violence has been used as a weapon of war, particularly against women. It makes conflict worse, it prolongs the effects of conflict, and it makes reconciliation far more difficult. Two years ago my Foreign Secretary William Hague, working with Angelina Jolie, who is the UN Special Envoy on these […]

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30th April 2014 Paris, France

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by Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

The UK Economic Recovery

This week I reflected for a French-speaking audience on the strong British economic recovery. The Chancellor, George Osborne, gave an interview to the French newspaper Les Echos on this subject, which was published today. Next Monday, I’ll be previewing a talk we’re organising here with Sir David Brailsford, head of Team Sky. Feel free to […]

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7th April 2014 Paris, France

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by Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

Defence Cooperation and the Franco-British Council

We recently held here a conference on the issue of defence cooperation between Britain and France, organised by the Franco-British Council. This is a non-governmental organisation that has just celebrated 40 years of working to bring thinkers together between France and the UK; and they now have an annual conference on defence once in France […]

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10th March 2014 Paris, France

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by Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

Bringing Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table

Hague, Kerry and Fabius in Paris, 5 March 2014. Credits: MAEE

I’ve talked before about the events in Kiev, at a time when they reminded me of the fall of the Berlin wall, and the extraordinary surge of freedom and independence that happened after that in Eastern Europe. Since then, things have got more difficult, because we’ve had what is obviously an intervention of Russian armed […]

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11th February 2014 Paris, France

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by Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

Celebrating London and Paris, past and future

"Transforming cities, transforming lives" logo - Event at the Residence, 13 February 2014

We are now in the Bicentenary year for the Residence – 200 years ago, the Duke of Wellington bought this house from Pauline, the sister of Napoléon. To celebrate that, we are running a series of events through the year, highlighting both the past and the future of UK-French relations.

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30th January 2014 Paris, France

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by Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

The UK-France Summit 2014

David Cameron and François Hollande at the G8 Summit in Lough Erne, 2013 - Credits: Présidence de la République

This week we are holding the next in a series of summits between Britain and France, with President Hollande travelling to the UK. The summit is being held on an airbase in the south of England to emphasise the importance of the defence and security work that we do together.

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