FILE PHOTO: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attends a news conference following a meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens, Greece, November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Costas Baltas
November 24, 2021
JAKARTA (Reuters) – The Indo-Pacific region will be a priority for France when it takes the presidency of the European Union next year, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Speaking at a news conference during a visit to Indonesia, Jean-Yves Le Drian also said France had agreed to commit 500 million euros worth of investment in energy transition projects in the Southeast Asian country.
(Reporting by Stanley Widianto; Writing by Martin Petty)
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