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PARIS, Nov 29 (KUNA) -- France strongly condemned Thursday the bomb blast
that killed 18 people in Sri Lanka Wednesday and urged the combatants there to
seek a political solution to the conflict.
"France firmly condemns the attack which yesterday caused the deaths of
eighteen people," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pascale Andreani said in a
press statement.
France "expresses its entire solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka and
sends its sincere condolences to the families and dear ones of the victims, as
well as to the Sri Lankan authorities," the official added.
"France recalls that only a political settlement can bring a lasting
solution to this conflict which has torn Sri Lanka apart for the past 30 years,
" the spokesperson remarked. (end)
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