Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by t ...

and

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have had

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since 1984. Brunei has an embassy in

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, and France has an embassy in

Bandar Seri Begawan Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB; Jawi: بندر سري بڬاوان; ) is the capital city of Brunei. It is officially a municipal area () with an area of and an estimated population of 100,700 as of 2007. It is part of Brunei-Muara District, the s ...

History

Relations between the two countries have been established since 8 May 1984. In 1996, Hassanal Bolkiah made a first state visit to France to promoted exchanges visits between officials of the two countries.

Economic relations

In 2011, trade between the two countries reached

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10 million. Both companies from Brunei and France also explore opportunities in oil and gas industry, and French companies seeks to explore a possible joint ventures with Bruneian partners. In aviation, the

Royal Brunei Airlines Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RB) ( ms, Penerbangan DiRaja Brunei, Jawi: ) is the national flag carrier airline of Brunei Darussalam, headquartered in the RB Campus in Bandar Seri Begawan. It is wholly owned by the Government of Brunei Da ...

(RBA) has signed a 12-year engineering partnership agreement with

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Security relations

There is also a defence co-operation between Brunei and France since the signing of a memorandum of understanding in 1999.

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