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Statement by the spokesperson following the meeting between M. Nicolas SARKOZY, President of the Republic, and Ms Condoleezza RICE, United States Secretary of State
Paris, 25 January 2007
On Afghanistan, President Sarkozy confirmed to Ms Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State, our commitment on the ground, while at the same time proposing discussions on long-term strategy.
On Kosovo, he said again that in his view independence was ineluctable, but that it was necessary to try and overcome the divisions at the Security Council. This is what totally underpins our efforts in New York on the basis of what Nicolas Sarkozy had proposed at the G8, i.e. a delay to allow the relaunch of negotiations between Kosovars and Serbs.
On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, they took stock of the situation and stressed the need to help President Abbas. On Iran, he reiterated to Ms Rice that the Security Council has to be united on a position of firmness in the quest for a diplomatic solution.
He repeated to Ms Rice the huge importance he attached to the United States taking the lead in the fight against global warming.
They of course talked about the issue of Darfur which will be dealt with in depth over the course of the day.
On the WTO, he reiterated that the time of naivety had ended.
On Lebanon, he repeated that France's objectives hadn't varied: an independent Lebanon, rid of foreign interference.
President Sarkozy reiterated to Ms Rice that his objectives were unchanged and that we shared them.
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