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Christophe Farnaud

Christophe Farnaud is the EU Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Bahrain and Sultanate of Oman. X: @EUAmbGCC

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Building bridges, not walls key to EU-Saudi Arabia ties

On May 9, 1950, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman made a groundbreaking proposal to place French and German coal and steel production under a shared authority. This vision became the foundation of the EU.

May 08, 2025