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Sarkozy's entente tres cordiale
Sarkozy's entente tres cordiale
Last Modified: 07 Nov 2007
By:
Sarah Smith
Under the ancien regime it would have been unthinkable: the president of France given a standing ovation on Capitol Hill.
But on his first official trip to Washington, Nicolas Sarkozy has charmed both the White House and Congress, promising a new era of friendship between the two countries.
Relations famously plunged to a historic low in the run-up to the Iraq war. But President Sarkozy has said goodbye to all that, pledging to support America on Iran, Afghanistan and the war on terror.
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