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Tuesday, March 25, 2003
posted by gbarto at 12:02 PM:
Better than the Mitterand regime, though...France's Villepin Defends U.S. Overflights
Tuesday, Mar 25, 2003; 11:41 AM
PARIS--Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin defended on Tuesday France's decision to maintain overflight rights for British and U.S. military planes heading for Iraq in a war France staunchly opposes.
"There are, as the French president has underlined, customs between allies that we should respect, and among those are overflight rights," Villepin said in answer to a National Assembly deputy who asked why Paris was letting the planes use its airspace.
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