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  • ANKARA: France To Open New "Envoy Bureau" In Northern Iraq

    FRANCE TO OPEN NEW "ENVOY BUREAU" IN NORTHERN IRAQ

    Hurriyet, Turkey
    Nov 1 2006

    Following shortly on the heels of its parliamentary approval of a
    bill aimed at penalizing those who publicly deny Armenian genocide
    claims, France is preparing another move which seems destined to annoy
    Ankara. France has announced it will be opening up an "Envoy Bureau"
    in Northern Iraq, in order to better keep tabs on the situation in
    the Kurdish region there.

    According to a statement from French Foreign Ministry spokesman
    Jean-Baptiste Mattei, France will open its new bureau in the Northern
    Iraqi city of Erbil in January, 2007. The new "Envoy Bureau" will be
    run by a diplomat with ties to the French Embassy in Baghdad.

    Spokeman Mattei, in a statement to Hurriyet yesterday, analyzed the
    new developments as such:

    "Like Turkey, we also follow a policy of defending the unity of Iraqi
    soil. Within this framework, we maintain an embassy in Baghdad. But
    it is true that we are planning on opening an "Envoy Bureau" in Erbil,
    one which will be linked to the embassy in Baghdad."

    Iraqi President Jelal Talabani is expected in coming days in Paris,
    to meet with French President Jacques Chirac, as well as other top
    French diplomats.
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