France Will Help Libya Develop “Peaceful” Nuclear Power
Charles Johnson
Wed Jun 1, 2005 at 7:31 am PDT • Views: 210
France—the Arab world’s nuclear Santa Claus: France proposes nuclear cooperation deal to Libya. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
France will “soon” offer Libya a cooperation agreement to help Tripoli develop its civilian nuclear energy program, the French foreign ministry said Tuesday.
“The principle of cooperation in the area of peaceful applications of nuclear energy is a given, but the content has yet to be defined. We’re still in the exploratory phase,” said ministry spokesman Jean-Baptiste Mattei.
“We will soon offer an agreement to the Libyans on what can be done,” the spokesman told reporters.
France’s ambassador to Tripoli on Monday handed Libyan Foreign Minister Abdelrahman Shalgham an official note announcing France’s readiness to cooperate with Tripoli on its nuclear power projects, officials said.
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