FRANCE: FRANCE, ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND NATO'S ULTIMATUM TO BOSNIAN SERBS TO PULL BACK FROM SARAJEVO, SENDS AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

Record ID: 647448

  • Title: FRANCE: FRANCE, ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND NATO'S ULTIMATUM TO BOSNIAN SERBS TO PULL BACK FROM SARAJEVO, SENDS AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
  • Date: 11th February 1994
  • Summary: TOULON, FRANCE (FEBRUARY 11, 1994) 1. GVS: SHIP IN HARBOUR WITH TUGS (2 SHOTS) 0.09 2. SV: BRIDGE OF SHIP 0.13 3. GV: SHIP PULLED BY TUG 0.19 4. SV: STERN 0.24 5. GV: SHIP AND TUG 0.28 6. SV: BRIDGE 0.31 7. SV: STERN WITH "FOCH" NAME AND FRENCH FLAG 0.36 8. GV: HELICOPTER FLYING OVER SHIP 0.41 9. GV: SHIP FROM SIDE 0.44 10.SV: STERN 0.47 11.GV: SHIP FROM REAR LEAVING 0.50 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 26th February 1994 12:00
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  • Location: TOULON, FRANCE
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  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVAA8189BDYV62KSCCC4YAL0IEQS
  • Story Text: France, one of the driving forces behind NATO's ultimatum to Bosnian Serbs to pull back from Sarajevo, sent an aircraft carrier to former Yugoslavia on Friday (February 11) while two of its top ministers left for the Bosnian capital.

    A navy spokesman said the 32,000-tonne carrier Foch, carrying some 20 Super-Etendard fighter-bombers which could be used to strike Serb artillery around Sarajevo, was to sail in the afternoon from the Mediterranean port of Toulon.

    The 2,600-man naval group, including the missile-firing frigate Suffren and the supply ship La Meuse, could reach the coast of ex-Yugoslavia within 48 hours, the spokesman said.

    Underscoring the French government's determination to force a withdrawal of heavy weapons from around Sarajevo, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe and Defence Minister Francois Leotard were expected in the Bosnian capital, scene of an outbreak of fighting overnight despite a ceasefire agreement.


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