Chirac tries to ease Franco-British tensions over Iraq
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OXFORD, England, Nov 19  - French President Jacques Chirac, continuing his official visit to Britain, hailed Friday &quot;a very strong historical link&quot; between London and Paris, while arguing his case for a &quot;multipolar and interdependent world&quot;.
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France's foreign minister offers to apologise to Iraq for seeming to meddle in its internal affairs.
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His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received a written message from French President Jacques Chirac dealing with bilateral relations and matters of common concern.
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The French president hails the "true friendship" with the UK,  but mentions "differences" over Iraq as his visit ends.
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French President Jacques Chirac has sent his foreign minister to the Middle East to try to win freedom for two journalists held in Iraq by militants demanding France end its ban on Muslim headscarves in ...
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On the eve of a visit to Britain, President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday that the world was more dangerous because of the American-led invasion of Iraq.
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Britain got very little in return for supporting the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, and U.S. policies make it all but impossible for anyone to act as a bridge between Washington and Europe, French President Jacques Chirac said in an interview published Tuesday.
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The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq mobilized Islamic extremists and made the world more dangerous, French President Jacques Chirac said, keeping up his vocal opposition to the war on the eve of a visit to London.
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Attention will inevitably focus on the relationship between France and Britain following the split over the Iraq war and on Britainâs closeness with the United States.
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French President Jacques Chirac began a  visit to Britain Thursday overshadowed by his withering  accusations against Washington and London of endangering the  world by invading Iraq.
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Britain and France sought to bury their differences over the Iraq war once and for all, as their leaders said they were united in efforts to forge &quot;a stable and democratic Iraq&quot; in the coming months.
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French President Jacques Chirac, an outspoken critic of the U.S.-led Iraq war, sought to smooth relations with Iraq on Friday by inviting its president to Paris and denying he had snubbed Baghdad's prime minister.
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The French foreign minister is to begin negotiations for the release of two journalists taken hostage in Iraq. In a televised address after a day of government crisis talks, President Jacques Chirac on Sunday
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PARIS: Franco-British relations have moved closer to what they were before the falling out over the Iraq war, judging from a London summit between French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony ...
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French President Jacques Chirac said Tuesday his country is entirely committed to taking part in an international conference on Iraq next month.
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PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac has lashed out at a private initiative to secure the release of two French hostages in Iraq as âinterferenceâ and said he hoped it would not thwart the delicate process, aides said Saturday.
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The US-led war in Iraq, fought to remove Saddam Hussein from power, has made the world a more dangerous place, the French president, Jacques Chirac, said on the eve of a state visit to Britain.