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Iraq 'close to partition', says French FM
3.3.2007
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March 3, 2007
PARIS,-- Iraq is nearing partition, French
Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Friday
as violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims raged
on in Baghdad.
Following talks with his counterpart from Qatar,
Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr al-Thani,
Douste-Blazy on Iraq told reporters: "We are clearly
in agreement on one unfortunate fact: We are close
to partition."
The French foreign minister said the only solution
to Iraq's descent into more chaos was a withdrawal
of international forces in 2008 and restoring the
rule of law.
"Even the Iraqi officials are unable for the time
being of making plans for Iraq," said the Qatari
foreign minister, referring to the chaos. |
French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy gives
a speech in Paris AFP |
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"Of course, the neighbours can be of help or not be
of help, but the Iraqis must above all depend on
themselves by making decisions to restore justice,
create equality, combat militias and reassure the
whole of the Iraqi people," he said.
An international conference on security in Iraq is
scheduled for March 10 in Baghdad, with the United
States, Russia, China, Britain and France set to
attend along with Iraqi neighbours Syria and Iran.
Ten people died Friday when a bomb exploded in an
open air car market in an east Baghdad Shiite
bastion that has been a regular target of Sunni
extremists.
AFP
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