France's Sarkozy seeks defence deals, better ties in India
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in India Friday for a state visit aimed at boosting political ties, pushing for a bigger share of the booming Asian economy and revitalising weapons sales.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited one of the world's greatest monuments to love Saturday, pacing the elegant white marble hallways of the 17th-century Taj Mahal with a group of top advisers.
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India and France said Friday they would push their military ties beyond weapons sales and open up nuclear power cooperation as soon as New Delhi is able to enter the global atomic energy market.
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India and France pledged Wednesday to work closely to counter terrorism and enhance bilateral economic and commercial ties, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy meets with counterpart Wolfgang Clement in Berlin on Monday in an attempt to heal the recent rifts in Franco-German industrial relations with plans for a shipbuilding alliance.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said France could boost its presence in Afghanistan to help the Afghan army and police in a surprise visit to give French troops his Christmas greetings.
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"It's an excellent relationship"  He talks tough on Iran, likes President Bush and wants quotas on immigrants. And he's French.The frank-talking President Nicolas Sarkozy is out to puncture stereotypes about ivory tower French leaders as he makes his United Nations debut this week, laying out a new foreign policy that slides Paris closer to Washington on world hot spots.Sarkozy's differences with the United States _ over global warming, in particular _ may also make a mark at this year's U.N. General Assembly.American eyes will be on the conservative Sarkozy as much for his U.S.-friendly attitude as for his policies. It has been a long time since U.S. officials so eagerly awaited a French president, after the long chill under Iraq-war-opponent Jacques Chirac and decades of differences over issues from Middle East peace to European communism. Read more
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits India, amid intense media interest in his girlfriend Carla Bruni.
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India hosted French President Nicolas Sarkozy at Republic Day on Saturday with a parade showcasing its military might amid tight security across the country, especially in the restive northeast and Kashmir.
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France wants to build bridges with  eastern Europe, Nicolas Sarkozy told a Hungarian newspaper.
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In American military parlance, it's gut-check time for NATO in Afghanistan, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy appears ready to answer allies' calls for more forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaeda
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French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie travels later this week to Japan, South Korea and China for high-level talks that will touch on key security challenges in the region.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy may travel to Brazil to try to drum up support for his nominee for IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, after emerging countries questioned Europe's monopoly of the top job.
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India's foreign minister says improved trade ties with Pakistan could spur on the peace process.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed holding talks between Iraqi factions in France similar to those it hosted in July for Lebanon, in an interview published Sunday in the Al-Hayat daily.
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The United States will build stronger defense ties with India, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld vowed on Thursday, but New Delhi said proposed US arms sales to Pakistan could affect relations with Washington.
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Troops stepped up patrols in many parts of India on Saturday, especially in the restive northeast and Kashmir, as the government prepared to host French President Nicolas Sarkozy for its Republic Day celebrations.