Chirac seeking to rebuild Libya ties
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TRIPOLI: President Jacques Chirac, who arrived in Libya yesterday on the first visit by a French head of state, expressed the desire for a &quot;true partnership&quot; with Tripoli after years of &quot;heavy turbulence&quot;.
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President Jacques Chirac arrived in Libya on the first-ever visit by a French head of state, confirming maverick leader Moamer Kadhafi's gradual return to international respectability.
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French leader Nicolas Sarkozy visits Tripoli to boost EU-Libya ties, amid calls for the re-arrest of six foreign medics.
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier left Tripoli overnight following talks with Moamer Kadhafi to pave the way for a visit here by French President Jacques Chirac, in another sign of the rapid reintegration of former pariah state Libya into the international fold.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy took the frosty edge off ties with Algeria on Tuesday during his first visit outside Europe, saying France and its colony for 132 years must bury a rocky past and reinvent the future.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy travels to Tripoli to boost EU-Libya ties, after the release of six foreign medics.
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French President Jacques Chirac is to meet his Chinese counterpart on the second day of a visit designed to boost the two countries' economic links.
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Since dismantling its weapons programs, Libya has been embraced by the West. Thursday saw Germany&#39;s chancellor begin a two-day visit intended to strengthen economic ties between the countries.
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The French Foreign Minister Michael Barnieh arrived in Tripoli yesterday and met with the Libyan leader Muammar al-Qathafi in preparations for the visit to be held by the French President Jack Chirac "before ...
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President Jacques Chirac appealed for national unity Tuesday to try to stem criticism of France&#39;s failure to secure the release of two French journalists held in Iraq and restore faith in French diplomacy.
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Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin met with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi here Sunday on bilateral relations and international issues.
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27 August 2004 -- French President Jacques Chirac says Paris is ready to play a greater role in rebuilding Iraq. Chirac said that &quot;France is open to dialogue with the Iraqi authorities on all issues -- training
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In a show of his new foreign policy objectives, the French president called a meeting Monday in an attempt to help bolster the international military presence in Darfur.
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French President Jacques Chirac, arriving Wednesday in Libya for the first visit there by a French head of state in more than half a century, said that turbulent times
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France wants its NATO partners to set up a "contact group" to review and reorganize the alliance's mission in Afghanistan, President Jacques Chirac said in remarks released on Nov.Comment
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French President Jacques Chirac met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair Thursday for talks on improving trans-Atlantic relations and the importance of pushing forward the Middle East peace process.
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Canada's prime minister is in Libya for talks - the latest leader to go there since sanctions were lifted.