French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (R) shakes hands with Senegalese health minister Therese Coumba Diop (L) as Senegalese State minister Becaye Diop looks on on July 2, 2009 during the inauguration of the 'France' psychiatric ward at the principal hospital in Dakar. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (R) shakes hands with Senegalese health minister Therese Coumba Diop (L) as Senegalese State minister Becaye Diop looks on on July 2, 2009 during the inauguration of the 'France' psychiatric ward at the principal hospital in Dakar.

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  1. France's Foreign and European Affairs minister Bernard Kouchner leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting, on October 7, 2009 in Paris.
  2. France's Foreign and European Affairs minister Bernard Kouchner addresses journalists as he leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting, on October 7, 2009 in Paris.
  3. France's Foreign and European Affairs minister Bernard Kouchner addresses journalists as he leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting, on October 7, 2009 in Paris.
  4. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner looks on during his meeting with human rights advocates and activists of remedial fund 'Memorial' in Moscow on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  5. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner departs from his meeting with human rights advocates and activists of remedial fund 'Memorial' in Moscow on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  6. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) talks during his meeting with human rights advocates and activists of remedial fund 'Memorial' in Moscow on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  7. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (2nd L) talks during his meeting with journalists of 'Novaya Gazeta' where assassinated Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya use to work, in Moscow on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  8. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner points to the portrait of assassinated Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya, during his meeting with journalists of 'Novaya Gazeta' where Politkovskaya use to work in Moscow on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  9. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, gestures beside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during s press conference after a meeting of the Russian-French security Commission in Moscow on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. France's foreign minister sounded a cautious note Thursday on the possibility of tougher punishment for Iran over its nuclear program, saying sanctions should be an option but were not being discussed at an international meeting with Iran in Geneva.
  10. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) speaks with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (R) outside Moscow in Barvikha on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  11. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (R) outside Moscow in Barvikha on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  12. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (R) outside Moscow in Barvikha on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  13. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) speaks with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (C) outside Moscow in Barvikha on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far. At right is Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.
  14. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (C) outside Moscow in Barvikha on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  15. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, French Defense Minister Herve Morin, second left, speak with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, foreground right, during a meeting of the Russian-French security Commission in Moscow on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Iran's nuclear program was on the agenda at a high-level meeting between Russia and France on security issues.
  16. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, shakes hands with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, center, and French Defence Minister Herve Morin in the Barvikha presidential residence outside Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.

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