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France Will Insist On The Need For Updated And Responsive Institutions.

Helping To Build A Better-organized, Fair And Harmonious World: That Idea Lies At The Heart Of My Conception Of Our Country's Role. Down Through The Centuries, France Has Provided Answers To The Great Questions Facing Mankind. In Continuing To Do So, France Is Responding To A Genuine Demand, Displaying Leadership And Influencing The Course Of Events.

Our Approach And Our Vision ... Is Identical.

The European Union And Russia Have An Identical Viewpoint. We Have Condemned Any Potential Revision Of The Abm Treaty, Believing That Such A Revision Will Involve A Risk Of Proliferation That Will Be Very Dangerous For The Future.

It Is With Enormous Distress That France Has Just Learned Of The Monstrous Attacks There Is No Other Word For It That Have Just Struck The United States Of America. In These Horrifying Circumstances, The Entire People Of France, And I Want To Emphasize This, Stand By The People Of America. They Express Their Friendship And Solidarity In This Tragedy. Naturally, I Want To Assure President Bush Of My Total Support. France, As You Know, Has Always Condemned And Unreservedly Condemns Terrorism, And Considers That Terrorism Must Be Combated By All Possible Means.