Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times he spoke directly to the French Foreign Minister between 1 January 2021 and 1 August 2021.

The Foreign Secretary speaks regularly to French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, bilaterally, in multilateral fora such as G7 and NATO Foreign Ministers, and at E3 (UK-France-Germany) level. The Foreign Secretary saw Foreign Minister Le Drian for bilateral meetings on 18 February in Paris, on 4 May in London, and most recently in Paris on 26 July, where they also signed the UK-France Maritime Security Treaty. The Foreign Secretary last spoke with Foreign Minister Le Drian by telephone, on 21 August.