Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to the ambassadors of France
Afghanistan
The Chairman said that the French contingent would remain in Afghanistan “as long as necessary and as long as the wish of the Afghan people “. ” We have realistic political objectives (…), it is a gradual and orderly transition , “said the head of state to whom the action of France “at the service of peace must not, I think Will he be subjected to artificial timetables or moods media .
The left now but also some leaders of the majority , including former Prime Minister Jean – Pierre Raffarin , are demanding a timetable for the withdrawal of 3,750 French soldiers deployed in Afghanistan , citing military and diplomatic stalemate .
Terrorism
He also mentioned “the real concern ” that is now emerging about the risk of creating an “arc of crisis of terrorism ” from Pakistan in the Sahel . ” There is currently no operational coordination between the groups operating from one end to another crisis of this arc . (…) But should the situation deteriorate , the risk would be great see a continuous chain linking the terrorist bases in Quetta ( Pakistan ) and Southeast Afghanistan to those of Yemen, Somalia and the Sahel .
The president also discussed the situation in Somalia , where fierce fighting has been underway for three days: the victory of the Islamist insurgents in Mogadishu Shebab ” transform Somalia bases for al – Qaeda, and it would be a disaster. It would complete to destabilize a region already weakened by the war-torn Sudan. “
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