The world is safer for a renewed Entente

‘A masterpiece of statesmanship,” declared The Daily Telegraph. “Un résultat considérable,” judged Le Figaro. It is relatively rare for diplomats to secure such coverage of our work. It is rarer still for such plaudits to stand the test of time. Yet today, 120 years since these newspaper reports were filed, we both see how significant an achievement establishing an Entente Cordiale between our countries was.