DPA
January 21, 2012
French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned against any military intervention against Iran over its nuclear program, saying a strike on Iran would “trigger war and chaos in the Middle East.”
At his annual New Year’s address to diplomats in Paris, Sarkozy warned “a military intervention would not solve the problem (of Iran’s nuclear program) but would trigger war and chaos in the Middle East and maybe the world.”
France would “do everything to avoid a military intervention,” he said, calling instead for “much stronger sanctions” against Iran.
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