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France Says Dialogue with Iraq Must Continue

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The dialogue with Iraq and close consultation within the United Nations over the Iraqi problem mustcontinue, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said in an interview with French daily Le Monde published in its Tuesday's edition.

"The negotiations with Iraq are pursuing in Vienna. It is important to maintain the dialogue and a close consultation withinthe field of the United Nations," said de Villepin.

"The more we press on the Iraqi regime, the more we have the obligation to push forward the search of peace in the Middle East in parallel," he said.

He also confirmed that Washington has not made decision on attacking Iraq while expressing France's stance that the status quo in the Middle East nation is not acceptable.

"We understand the worry expressed by the Americans," he said. "On our part, France underlines the necessity to take into consideration three demands."

"Firstly, the humanitarian demand towards the Iraqi population;secondly, the security of the region which necessitates the returnof arm inspectors; and finally, the stability, and the unity of Iraq, which is an important element in the general situation of the Middle East," he said.

"There is a double risk in the world: the terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons," said the French foreign minister.

"Iraq poses a grave problem in respect of international order,"he said.

"The negotiations are opened in Vienna. We must continue. We should press on Iraq, pass the messages by all possible channels,"he said.

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