France to work for Middle East stability after US strike: minister

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France to work for Middle East stability after US strike: minister
January 3, 2020, 9:49 am

France to work for Middle East stability after US strike: minister

France's priority is to stabilize the Middle East, said French Junior Foreign Affairs Minister Amelie de Montchalin. (File photo AFP)

France's priority is to stabilize the Middle East, French Junior Foreign Affairs Minister Amelie de Montchalin said on Friday after a US air strike killed Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Qassem Soleimani.

“What is happening is what we feared: tensions between the United States and Iran are increasing,” Montchalin told RTL radio. “The priority is to stabilize the region.”

The minister said top French officials would make high-level contacts with senior players in the region.

source: Reuters

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