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CHRISTINE OLLIVIER, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
03-17-2005
Dateline: PARIS
Vladimir Putin will be among friends in Paris on Friday. Three European leaders, led by French President Jacques Chirac, aim to use friendly persuasion to nudge the Russian president closer to their positions on democratic reforms and prickly issues like Iran.

Reassuring Putin, and above all not humiliating him, will be the order of the day for Chirac, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the French president's aides say.

The diplomatic soft-touch, something of a European trait, stands in contrast to the blunter approach U.S. President George W. Bush ...

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