24 December 2007

Gulf States

Nicolas Sarkozy will next month step up his use of civil nuclear power as a diplomatic tool with a visit to the Gulf states during which he will pledge French help for them to acquire atomic energy. The offer of collaboration on civil nuclear energy and, over the longer term, of functioning nuclear power stations, has emerged as one of the French president’s preferred methods of projecting influence across the world, particularly in Muslim countries.

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