Date : 30/06/2003
President Chirac and Sultan Qaboos to discuss cooperation Tuesday
Paris, June 30 (KUNA) -- French President Jacques Chirac meets Tuesday with
Sultan Qaboos of Oman to discuss bilateral relations, regional issues and
other international questions, the French government announced on Monday.
Sultan Qabooss visit follows meetings in Paris last week of the eighth
joint France-Oman commission, which examined ways to enhance economic
cooperation on the one hand, and technical and cultural relations, on the
other.
Ahead of the meeting, France said that it attested to "the excellence of
our relations with the Sultanate".
On the agenda for talks are the diverse aspects of our bilateral relations,
an official statement said, adding that an "exchange of analyses" would also
take place on the major regional and international issues.
This will include Iraq, the Middle East conflict and the international war
against terrorism, official sources said. (end)
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