USA: FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER ALAIN JUPPE ON A VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES FOR TALKS WITH BILL CLINTON'S OFFICIALS

Record ID: 337699

  • Title: USA: FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER ALAIN JUPPE ON A VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES FOR TALKS WITH BILL CLINTON'S OFFICIALS
  • Date: 26th January 1995
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (26 JANUARY 1995) (RTV -- ACCESS ALL) 1. SV FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER ALAIN JUPPE STANDING WITH UNITED STATES (U.S.) SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER 0.06 2. MCU JUPPE SAYING POLITICAL DIALOGUE IS IMPORTANT AND THAT VIOLENCE CAN LEAD TO A DEADLOCK (ENGLISH) 0.44 3. SV JUPPE AND CHRISTOPHER WALK AWAY 0.48 4. LV JUPPE AND BRITISH EUROPEAN UNION EXTERNAL RELATIONS COMMISSIONER, SIR LEON BRITTAN, AT PRESS CONFERENCE 0.56 5. SV JUPPE SPEAKING ABOUT TERRORISM (FRENCH WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION) 0.37 6. LV OFFICIALS AT NEWS CONFERENCE 1.41 SEQ.2: TRANSCRIPT; JUPPE: " AS YOU KNOW FRANCE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) HAVE CONSIDERED WITH INTEREST THE DIALOGUE WHICH TOOK PLACE IN ROME A FEW DAYS AGO AND WE THINK THAT THE PLATFORM ADOPTED BY ALL THE PARTICIPANTS IS A VERY INTERESTING ONE - AND THATS WHY WE ARE CALLING FOR A POLITICAL DIALOGUE IN ALGERIA BECAUSE WE THINK THAT VIOLENCE LEADS TO DEADLOCK - THIS IS A COMMON ATTITUDE OF THE UNION. WE HAVE TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON TO FORCE THE OPENING OF THE DIALOGUE." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 10th February 1995 12:00
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  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA3EBT09WHHE0I4TFH99HWOX1CO
  • Story Text: French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, on a visit to the United States (U.S.), said on Thursday (January 26) that pressure must be brought to bear to encourage the Algerian government and its Islamic fundamentalist opponents to open a dialogue.

    Juppe was in Washington for talks with officials of U.S.

    President Bill Clinton's administration in his capacity as president of the European Union (EU). France holds the rotating presidency for this six-month period.

    Juppe said France noted with interest recent talks on fundamentalism which recently took place in Rome.

    "That's why we are calling for political dialogue in Algeria...We think that violence leads to a deadlock," he said, posing for photographers after talks with Secretary of State Warren Christopher.

    "We have to put the pressure on in order to foster the opening of the dialogue." At a subsequent press conference, Juppe said that France will not allow French territories to become a place for acts of terrorism.


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