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Ten years of the Lancaster House Treaties
Points of view on Franco-British Defence relations by Edward Llewellyn, British Ambassador to France, and Catherine Colonna, French Ambassador to the United Kingdom
This month marks the ten-year anniversary of the Lancaster House Treaties, signed in London by Prime Minister David Cameron and President Nicolas Sarkozy. The Treaties ensured mutual military cooperation between the UK and France. To mark the occasion, we interviewed British Ambassador to France, Lord Llewellyn, and the French Ambassador to the UK, Catherine Colonna, to get their views on the past decade of Franco-British defence relations – and how the Treaties continue to influence their countries’ future.
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Published 2 November 2020