France condemned the “military operation” in the Caribbean this Tuesday (11 November 2025), the same day the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the US Gerald R. Ford, and its strike group arrived in the region, adding that it “ignores international law.”
Speaking in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada, where a two-day G7 meeting begins today, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrault said France was concerned about the situation.
“We have been observing with concern military operations in the Caribbean region as they disregard international law,” Barot said.
“Military operations in the Caribbean violate international law and we are observing with concern as France has a presence in the region through its overseas territories, where more than one million of our compatriots live,” Barot told reporters after arriving in the Canadian town where the G7 is meeting.
“Therefore, it could be subject to instability caused by escalation, which is obviously something we want to avoid,” Barot added.
The warning from France’s top diplomat came on the same day that the USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group arrived in the Caribbean on an official mission to support attacks by the U.S. military against vessels suspected of transporting drugs.
But analysts and politicians have warned that the United States may be planning military action against Venezuela.
In this sense, the Venezuelan regime led by Nicolas Maduro announced this Tuesday that it would deploy around 200,000 soldiers across the country to protect against “imperial threats.”
The U.S. military has carried out at least 19 attacks on suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and off the Pacific coast of Central and South America, killing at least 76 people.
jc (efe, Reuters, afp)
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