The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is the ministry in the government of France that handles France's foreign relations. Its headquarters are located on the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, close to the National Assembly of France.

Its cabinet minister, the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs (French: Ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères) is responsible for the foreign relations of France. The current minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, was appointed in May 2017.

The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs: Facts & Figures

AN EXTENSIVE DIPLOMATIC NETWORK

Serving our Bilateral Relations

• 160 Embassies
• 2 French cooperation offices (Pyongyang and Taipei)

Representations to Multilateral Bodies

• 16 Permanent Representations

COOPERATION AND CULTURAL ACTION NETWORK TO PROMOTE FRENCH CULTURE

• 6,000 people working in 154 cooperation & cultural action services and 8 scientific services
• 98 French Institutes
• 363 approved Alliance Française branches
• 236 Campus France offices in 120 countries
• 26 French Research Institutes Abroad (IFRE)
• 160 French archaeological missions abroad

ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN BY THE COOPERATION AND CULTURAL ACTION NETWORK

• 310,000 international students hosted in 2015/2016, including 23,700 government scholarship recipients
• 620,000 students in French Institutes and Alliances Françaises
• 4th most popular host country for international students
• 350,000 students in 492 schools following the French program
• +27,000 artistic events each year