France is our most important partner in the European Union, President, Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday, during his meeting with the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, at the Presidential Palace, in Nicosia. The meeting was also attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Constantinos Kombos, Deputy Minister for European Affairs, Marilena Raouna, and the Ambassador of France to Cyprus, Clélia Chevrier Kolačko.