France lobbies for votes to avert war

FRANCE’S foreign minister yesterday swung through Africa lobbying against a conflict in Iraq.

France lobbies for votes to avert war

Dominique de Villepin began his hectic day in Luanda, hoping to win the Angolan vote on the United Nations Security Council, and plans further stops in Cameroon and Guinea.

The three undecided votes are considered crucial to France’s effort to deny the United States and Britain the nine votes they need to pass a resolution authorising war on Iraq.

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