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Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

29th October 2012 Paris, France

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by Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

Our cooperation on crisis management

UK-France naval joint exercise Corsican Lion, October 2012

I wanted to talk to you this week about Franco-British cooperation on crisis management. I had the good fortune to go at the end of last week to the joint naval exercises held off Toulon, in the Mediterranean. This is all part of a process launched at the Lancaster House talks in 2010, where we […]

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2nd October 2012 Paris, France

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by Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

British innovation and creativity in the motor and fashion industries

I’ve been thinking a lot this last week about innovation and creativity, because we’ve had two major events in Paris which have brought innovative parts of British industry to France. We’ve been able to host both of them in the Residence here. Transcript: First of all, the Motor Show in Paris, which is a great […]

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29th June 2012 Paris, France

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by Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

Franco-British Cooperation on Defence

Franco-British Cooperation on Defence is very much in the news at the moment, with visit and speech by Minister for Europe David Lidington. The ambassador reflects on the CSDP and the key advantages of Europe, in particular France and the United Kingdom, in the domain of international security. The ambassador speaks of David Lidington’s video message and visit […]

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21st June 2012 Paris, France

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by Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

The UK – looking forward, celebrating tradition.

Transcript of a video recording by Sir Peter Ricketts, British Ambassador to France: I wanted to talk to you about two things that we have been heavily engaged on in the last couple of weeks. First of all I was able to pay my first visit to the Rhone-Alpes region, to the great city of […]

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21st June 2012 Paris, France

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by Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

Welcome!

I arrived in Paris in February. I have already found this to be one of the most fascinating and rewarding jobs that I have ever had. Britain and France have ties that are both deep and broad. The two Governments work together on a huge range of issues from foreign policy and defence, to nuclear […]

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