France–Lebanon relations

France–Lebanon relations (French: Relations France-Liban; Arabic: العلاقات الفرنسية اللبنانية, romanized: al-ʻAlāqāt al-Faransīyah al-Lubnānīyah) are the international relations between France and Lebanon. France and Lebanon enjoy friendly relations, and France has often provided support to the Lebanese. Lebanon was a part of the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon prior to independence. The French language remains widely spoken throughout Lebanon, being taught as well as used as a medium education in many Lebanese schools, and both countries are members of the Francophonie.