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Sunday, October 12, 2008

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Sarkozy in the US

Six months after being elected as the new French President, Nicolas Sarkozy went to Washington to meet his American counterpart, George W. Bush. They discussed their foreign policy in Iran, the Middle East and Kosovo.

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During his November visit to the US, French President Nicolas Sarkozy discussed world affairs with US President George W. Bush. But the official trip was also intended to show that Paris has emerged as a close US partner following the tensions between Paris and Washington over the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. At that time, Sarkozy’s predecessor, Jacques Chirac, was at the forefront of the international diplomatic campaign against the war.

In Washington, Bush and Sarkozy talked about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the Middle East, Lebanon, Kosovo, Burma. They also discussed the fall of the American dollar, which has fueled the rise of the euro.

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