1. Africa-France summit.
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Poirier, Joti
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *INTERNATIONAL relations ,FRENCH foreign relations - Abstract
The article presents information on the 24th Africa-France conference held in Cannes, France in February 2007. The conference was attended by 48 African states. Speaking in the conference, French President Jacques Chirac said that France feels tied to Africa by the engagements of fraternity and history. In 2005, Chirac introduced a new tax on plane tickets, from which profits go to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa.
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- 2007