ONE hundred and twenty years after the Entente Cordiale, the United Kingdom and France are forging a new alliance.

The original 1904 agreement paved the way for a stronger bilateral relationship; this time, the nations aim to use their partnership to patch up the European commitment to Ukraine and exert pressure on the United States.

In a recent letter to The Telegraph, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron and his French counterpart Stephane Sejourne, minister for Europe and foreign affairs, highlighted both the “enduring commitment to our friendship” and their success in together having “helped to forge a better world”.