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Ivory Coast: France is ready to retreat

Paris, France - Troops are standing in the country from 2002

Yesterday, President Jacques Chirac said France is ready to retreat its 2000 soldiers from Ivory Coast if requested by country’s leaders when the UN mandate for the peacekeeping operation expires in April. Chirac has clearly explained that France sent its contingent not with the intent of conquering the nation, but to "Maintain a minimum of stability and democracy". French troops arrived in the African t...

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Rome, Italy, 02/03/2005 17:51
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