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Article: VOA NEWS: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER TO DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, IRAN WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 22, 2007
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Lisa Bryant
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is in the French capital, Paris Monday, the first stop of a European tour. He is expected to hold talks on the Middle East peace process and Iran with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his prime minister. Lisa Bryant has more from the French capital.
Israeli Prime Minister Olmert is visiting France at a time of relatively improved relations between the two countries. Relations were strained under former French president Jacques Chirac, who was considered by the Israelis as too sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. A rise in anti-Semitic attacks in France did not help matters.
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