Specialists of healthcare system of Uzbekistan and France held a videoconference, Trend reports citing Dunyo News Agency.

Export of steel from Turkey to France declined by 17.2 percent from January through April 2020 compared to the same period of 2019 and amounted to $47.4 million, Turkey’s Ministry of Trade told Trend on May 21.

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili held a video conversation with Chief Executive Officer of Group ADP Augustin de Romanet, Trend reports referring to Georgian president’s press service.

Despite a number of political disagreements between Ankara and Paris, the economic relations between Turkey and France have been always steadily developing, at least such a situation was observed before the coronavirus pandemic.

Azerbaijan is open to cooperation with France for the country's transformation to digital economy, Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov said during the French-Azerbaijani business meeting in a webinar format on May 12.

Trend's exclusive interview with Ambassador of France to Azerbaijan Zacharie Gross

The number of people who have died from coronavirus infections in France rose by 166 to 24,760 on Saturday while hospitalisations for the disease and people in ICU units continued to decline, the French health ministry said, Trend reports citing Reuters.

Ambassador of France to Azerbaijan Zacharie Gross has sent a letter to Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.

France’s registered death toll from coronavirus infections neared 19,000 on Friday, but most data provided further indications that the spread of the disease was slowing after a one-month-old national lockdown, officials said, Trend reports citing Reuters.

The death toll in France from the coronavirus outbreak rose at a slightly slower pace on Sunday than a day earlier, the French public health authority said, adding that the lockdown was producing its first effects, Trend reports citing Reuters.