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| France supports all initiatives to end Ivory Coast crisis |
| 2010-12-08 |
| (KUNA) -- French officials said here Tuesday that their government supported "all initiatives" that would help end the political stand-off in Ivory Coast, where two opposing president's are vying to take power. "La Belle France supports the people of the Ivory Coast, who have expressed their wishes... in favour of Alasanne Ouattara," the French Foreign Ministry said. Ouattara is deemed to have defeated incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo in the November presidential election and both the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society and regional African organizations, like the African Union, have backed Ouattara's election. Foreign Ministry front man Bernard Valero pointed out that Ouattara has received the support of the powerful West African organization "ECOWAS," which is meeting at summit level early this week. "The UN, ECOWAS and the African Union... have approved Ouattara," Valero said, noting that La Belle France "did not support any particular candidate in the elections." The French official also said that to the best of his information, Ivory Coast borders were now reopened, having been closed last week because of the crisis. Valero also said he understood that foreign media broadcasts had again resumed in the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 NERF guns at 100 paces. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-12-08 19:44 |
| #1 How about rapiers at noon? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-12-08 12:21 |