Sarkozy confirms will visit Mideast next week
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday he would visit the Middle East early next week to try to restore peace to the region.
"France will continue to act in Africa and Asia and, of course, in the Middle East, which I will visit from Monday, because it is France's vocation to seek the path of peace," Sarkozy said in an address on French television. (Reuters)