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French President Nicolas Sarkozy (2dL), his General secretary Claude Gueant (4th L) and Foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (L) speak with Israeli Foreign minister Tzipi Livni (R) during a meeting on January 1st, 2009 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. France made a fresh push for a ceasefire in Gaza despite Israel's rejection of calls for a temporary truce. Sarkozy welcomed Livni ahead of his trip to Israel and the West Bank on Monday, part of a Mideast tour including stops in Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (R) welcomes his Israeli counterpart Tzipi Livni prior a meeting on January 1st, 2008 in Paris. France made a fresh push for a ceasefire in Gaza despite Israel's rejection of calls for a temporary truce. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to welcome Livni at the Elysee presidential palace ahead of his trip to Israel and the West Bank on Monday, part of a Mideast tour including stops in Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (R) welcomes his Israeli counterpart Tzipi Livni prior a meeting on January 1st, 2008 in Paris. France made a fresh push for a ceasefire in Gaza despite Israel's rejection of calls for a temporary truce. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to welcome Livni at the Elysee presidential palace ahead of his trip to Israel and the West Bank on Monday, part of a Mideast tour including stops in Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, right, welcomes his Israeli counterpart Tzipi Livni prior to their meeting at the French foreign ministry in Paris, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Tzipi Livni's visit to Paris offers Bernard Kouchner and French President Nicolas Sarkozy an opportunity to discuss solutions proposed by EU foreign ministers to the Gaza violence.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, right, gestures as he speaks with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, left, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenbergher, 2nd right, and European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana prior to a urgent meeting of the European Union's foreign ministers to discuss the crisis in Gaza, in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008.
France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (R) leads the way with his Czech counterpart Karel Schwarzenberg (L) to attend a foreign minister's meeting to discuss the Mideast crisis in Paris December 30, 2008. France, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union until Wednesday, has proposed a 48-hour ceasefire to allow aid into the Gaza Strip, which has been hit by four days of Israeli attacks.
France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner arrives to attend a foreign minister's meeting to discuss the Mideast crisis in Paris December 30, 2008. France, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union until Wednesday, has proposed a 48-hour ceasefire to allow aid into the Gaza Strip, which has been hit by four days of Israeli attacks.
France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) and EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana attend a foreign minister's meeting to discuss the Mideast crisis in Paris December 30, 2008. France, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union until Wednesday, has proposed a 48-hour ceasefire to allow aid into the Gaza Strip, which has been hit by four days of Israeli attacks.
France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) and EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana attend a foreign minister's meeting to discuss the Mideast crisis in Paris December 30, 2008. France, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union until Wednesday, has proposed a 48-hour ceasefire to allow aid into the Gaza Strip, which has been hit by four days of Israeli attacks.
Economy, Industry and Employment minister Christine Lagarde (C), Foreign affairs minister Bernard Kouchner (L) and Labour Relations, Family and Solidarity minister Xavier Bertrand (R) leave Elysee Palace in Paris on December 19, 2008 following the weekly cabinet meeting the . France will fall into recession next year for the first time since 1993 and faces a steep rise in unemployment, the state statistics agency said today in its official economic forecast.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) speaks on December 16, 2008 at the European Parliament in the northeastern French city of Strasbourg on the outcome of the latest EU summit focused on the economy, the Lisbon treaty and climate change as well as to assess progress made under the French EU presidency as Sustainable Development Minister Jean-Louis Borloo (C) and Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) listen.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, right, and Tajikistan counterpart Khamrokhon Zarifi, left, Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta, center, attend a foreign minister's conference on Afghanistan at La Celle Saint Cloud Castle, near Versailles in the west outskirts of Paris, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, right, listens to Tajikistan counterpart Khamrokhon Zarifi as Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta, center, looks on during a foreign minister's conference on Afghanistan at La Celle Saint Cloud Castle, near Versailles in the west outskirts of Paris, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008.
France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy jog prior to a second day of European Council summit at the headquarters of the European Council on December 12, 2008 in Brussels. EU leaders have agreed to an economic stimulus package worth 200 billion euros to ward off the threat of a "recessionary spiral," according to draft conclusions of a summit.