Chirac backs debt freeze in south Asia
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French President Jacques Chirac favors a moratorium on debt to the Paris Club group of creditors owed by countries hit by the tsunami that devastated southern Asia, his office said in a statement Thursday.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited India on Friday to cement ties with a booming Asian economic power, trying to boost civil nuclear cooperation and defence deals.
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PARIS  - French President Jacques Chirac told his government to push for the Paris Club of creditor nations to put a moratorium on debt payments owed by countries hit by tsunamis in southeast Asia.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder called on the Paris Club of creditor nations Wednesday to suspend debt repayments from countries ravaged by this week&#39;s earthquake and tsunamis
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The Paris Club of creditor nations  reached an agreement Wednesday to freeze debt repayments of  countries hit by the Asian tsunami, the Club's president said.
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French President Jacques Chirac said his country is willing to further strengthen cooperation with China, his spokesman told reporters on Monday.
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The world's wealthiest nations, including the United States, support a temporary suspension of billions of dollars in debt repayments by tsunami-devastated countries to give them a necessary "breath of oxygen" for recovery and reconstruction, a French official said Wednesday.
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LONDON: The world's rich industrialised nations stepped up their efforts yesterday to help Asian countries devastated by the tsunami by offering to freeze billions of dollars in debt repayments.
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President Jacques Chirac of France, in remarks to be televised on Sunday and confirmed by his office today, gave his first hint that he may not run for a third term in the French elections in April.Comment
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Britain, with United States backing,  called on Tuesday for a freeze on foreign debts owed by the  countries hit by the Asian tsunami disaster.
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British finance minister Gordon Brown  will say on Thursday he has full support from all the G7  industrialized nations to immediately freeze debt repayments  from countries afflicted by the Asian tsunami disaster.
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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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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has told President Jacques Chirac that he will stand for the leadership of the main governing party, officials say.
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PARIS  - French companies were counting some four billion euros (&#36;5 billion US) in spoils after President Jacques Chirac used an official visit to China to boost economic ties in a bid to prevent France from being left behind in the emerging Asian superpower's markets.
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French President Jacques Chirac told his government to push for the Paris Club of creditor nations to put a moratorium on debt payments owed by countries hit by tsunamis in southeast Asia.
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French President Jacques Chirac strongly recommended Monday French small and medium-sized businesses to settle in China, hoping to double their quantity in three years.
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The European Commission froze its threat of fines against France and Germany on Tuesday, granting the two biggest economies in the euro zone an extra year to bring down their bloated budget deficits.