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Tue 03 Mar 2010Arms and Iran on agenda for Paris visit by Medvedev
TALKS ON the controversial sale of French warships to Russia and the imposition of sanctions on Iran were on the agenda as Russian president Dmitri Medvedev arrived in Paris yesterday for a three-day visit.
At their meeting at the Elysée Palace, Mr Medvedev and French president Nicolas Sarkozy were expected to discuss Russia’s planned purchase of a French-built Mistral-class warship, a 21,000-tonne vessel that can carry helicopters and tanks.
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