France's Chirac Makes Historic Libya Trip
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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 were over as the two countries embark on a "dynamic and positive phase."
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The French president sees support for plans that would group nations as diverse as Libya and Spain
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Visiting French President Jacques Chirac hailed "a very strong historical link" between London and Paris, while arguing his case for a multipolar and interdependent world.
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Canada's prime minister is in Libya for talks - the latest leader to go there since sanctions were lifted.
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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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Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, keen to play a greater role in a world dominated by the United States, heads to Libya on Saturday for the latest in a series of high-profile foreign trips.
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French President Jacques Chirac, on the first visit to Libya by a French head of state in more than half a century, said Wednesday that turbulent times were over and a true partnership was ahead.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair flew in to oil-rich Libya at the start of an African tour for talks with Moamer Kadhafi on a visit expected to see a major energy deal sealed.
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TRIPOLI, Nov 25  - French President Jacques Chirac said Thursday that oil-rich Libya may have ambitions to develop a nuclear energy programme but that it was not on the cards right now.
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TRIPOLI, Libya President Jacques Chirac of France arrived Wednesday in Tripoli in an attempt to formally end years of difficult relations between the two countries and open a new frontier for French business.
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Gerhard Schroeder, in the first visit to Libya by a German head of government, on Friday praised leader Moammar Gadhafi's "remarkable" change in the course of a country once shunned for its support of ...
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French President Jacques Chirac began an Asian tour on Tuesday with a lightning visit to Singapore, where terrorism and a potential billion-dollar jet fighter contract were hot topics of his discussions with ...
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France's first lady, CÃ©cilia Sarkozy, yesterday made her first foray into international diplomacy, travelling alone to Libya for talks with Colonel Muammar Gadafy and meeting the Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death for allegedly infecting children with HIV.
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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi began his first official trip to Spain Saturday with a private visit to a luxury country resort hotel after arriving from France where he sealed business deals worth billions of dollars.
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A top European Commission official and France's first lady have traveled to Libya to seek the release of six medics convicted of infecting Libyan children with HIV, the European Commission announced on Sunday.
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Yasir Arafat arrived in France as the guest of the French government and was taken to a military hospital for treatment of a mysterious ailment.
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President Jacques Chirac visits Senegal  on Wednesday for the first time in a decade, hoping to boost  ties with a former West African colony at a time when the  United States is raising its military profile in the region.