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France : Bernard Kouchner défend l'exportation des équipements nucléaires c
2008-04-30 18:40:00 Les demandes de pays qui souhaitent bénéficier de l'énergie nucléaire "propre et peu coûteuse" sont légitimes, a déclaré le ministre français des Affaires étrangères Bernard Kouchner, dans une tribune publiée mardi dans le quotidien français Les Echos. M. Kouchner a prôné une politique française "concertée, transparente et irréprochable" dans l'exportation des équipements nucléaires civils, citant des justifications comme "considérations commerciales" et "enjeux humains et environnementaux".
The Magic is OVER for the U.S. Says Kouchner
2008-03-12 19:31:00 From IHT: “Bernard Kouchner, the foreign minister of France and a longtime humanitarian, diplomatic and political activist on the international scene, says that whoever succeeds President George W. Bush in the White House may restore something of America’s battered image and standing overseas, but “the magic is over.” In a wide-ranging conversation Tuesday with Roger Cohen of ...
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Bernard Kouchner to come to Thailand about Myanmar
2007-10-26 07:43:00 The “Quay d’Orsay†(French Foreign Affairs) announced that Mr. Bernard Kouchner, Minister of Foreign Affairs will come to Singapore and to Thailand from October 28 to 31st. The French Foreign Minister comes to consult The Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers...
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You said 'war', Mr Kouchner, and you were not mistaken...
2007-09-25 19:45:00 A word is enough to raise a storm. Commentators' inkwells began to boil over and the West European governments declared their disapproval in a very undiplomatic manner. By citing the risk of war entailed by Iran's desire to build the bomb, and the need to prepare for this in order to avert it, did [French Foreign Minister] Bernard Kouchner commit blasphemy, displaying his naivety and lack of professionalism? He was promptly admonished by his counterparts, Sergey Lavrov in Moscow and [Massimo] D'Alema in Rome ("we must not talk about war now.") It was the same in Berlin, albeit less directly. But we must accept the fact that the apparently untimely "blunder" by the French Doctor, the new French foreign minister, expresses a long-held opinion. When, nine months before the presidential election, I, together with Yasmina Reza and Pascal Bruckner, interviewed [now President] Sarkozy, then a candidate, about the major guidelines of the foreign policy that he intended to pur...
Anti-war protesters crash Kouchner speech
2007-09-21 19:51:00 WASHINGTON: For anyone still doubting the striking turnabout in U.S.-French relations, it was enough to see the reception Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner got during a speech here ahead of meetings with top Bush cabinet officials.
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Kouchner cools his rhetoric over Iran
2007-09-18 21:41:00 Bernard Kouchner, the French foreign minister, on Tuesday sought to play down suggestions that western nations were on the verge of a military attack on Iran, saying war with Tehran was the 'worst thing that could happen'. However, the French
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French Foreign Minister Softens Tone on Iraq
2007-09-18 20:05:00 France's foreign minister appeared Tuesday to soften his weekend warning of war with Iran if it develops nuclear weapons, emphasizing instead the need to ''negotiate, negotiate, negotiate without respite.'' In the wake of Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's warning, a top Russian official said that bombing Iran would lead to ''catastrophic consequences.'' Kouchner also had said that European leaders were considering their own economic sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt the enrichment of uranium in its nuclear program. Kouchner, who is on his first trip to Moscow as France's top diplomat, on Sunday said ''we must prepare ourselves for the worst'' if Iran obtains nuclear weapons, and he specified that could mean a war. He told the French newspaper Le Monde that his comments were aimed at ''drawing attention to the gravity of the crisis.'' On Monday, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon sought to play down Kouchner's comments, saying ''France's ...
World should brace for possible war over Iran: France
2007-09-17 01:19:00 The world should brace for a possible war over the Iranian nuclear crisis but seeking a solution through talks should take priority, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday. "We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war," he said in an interview broadcast on French television and radio. "We must negotiate right to the end," with Iran, he said, but underlined that if Tehran possessed an atomic weapon, it would represent "a real danger for the whole world." Calling the nuclear standoff "the greatest crisis" of present times, the minister said: "We will not accept that the bomb is manufactured," and hinted that military plans were on the way. "We are trying to put in place plans which are the privilege of chiefs of staff and that is not for tomorrow," he said but stressed that although any attack on Iran was far from taking place, "It is normal for us to plan" for any eventuality. In Washington, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates took a more muted approach...
Iran's Ahmadinejad defiant amid nuclear warnings
2007-09-17 00:37:00 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday declared Iran had mastered nuclear technology and would never yield in the face of international pressure over its atomic drive. Ahmadinejad's comments in an interview with Iranian television were broadcast hours after French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner warned the world should brace for war over Iran, although he did not react to those remarks. "Of course we will not step back," said Ahmadinejad in the interview with Iran's Farsi language international channel Jam-e Jam in response to a call-in question by a viewer. "We have mastered the technology to enrich uranium and we have arrived at an industrial stage," he added. "The West are talking about imposing sanctions on us. But they cannot do this," he added. The Iranian leader repeated a demand for a public debate with US President George W. Bush to "discuss important global issues with the aim of resolving them." "I had already suggested this the previous year. I am going to New...
French Foreign Minister: " We Must Prepare For War Against Iran"
2007-09-17 00:27:00 French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday his country must prepare for the possibility of war against Iran over its nuclear program, but he did not believe any such action was imminent. Seeking to ratchet up the pressure on Iran, Kouchner also told RTL radio and LCI television that the world's major powers should use further sanctions to show they were serious about stopping Tehran getting atom bombs, and said France had asked French firms not to bid for tenders in the Islamic Republic. "We must prepare for the worst," Kouchner said in an interview, adding: "The worst, sir, is war." Asked about the preparations, he said it was normal to prepare for various eventualities. "We are preparing ourselves by trying to put together plans that are the chiefs of staff's prerogative (but) that is not about to happen tomorrow," he added. Tehran insists it only wants to master nuclear technology to produce electricity, but it has yet to comply with repeated U.N. demands that...
Kouchner visits Iraq in bid to ease crisis
2007-08-20 04:08:00 Bernard Kouchner, French foreign minister, on Sunday made a surprise visit to Baghdad to offer his country's help as the Iraqi government battles to resolve its latest political crisis.
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Sarkozy may give a post to Kouchner, a Socialist
2007-05-15 23:41:00 '); PARIS: Nicolas Sarkozy is not waiting to move into Élysée Palace on Wednesday to start shaking things up. He has offered cabinet posts to several senior Socialists who campaigned against him.
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Sarkozy may give a post to Kouchner, a Socialist
2007-05-15 21:10:00 PARIS: Nicolas Sarkozy is not waiting to move into the Élysée Palace on Wednesday to start shaking things up. He has offered cabinet posts to several senior Socialists who campaigned against him.
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