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France scales down military cooperation

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    The French government has decided to put some of its military cooperation with Cote d’Ivoire on ice following the military coup on 24 December last that ousted President Henri Konan Bedie. Government officials in Paris said the work of 16 of the 37 French military advisers in the West African nation had been put on hold but that they remained in the country. French Foreign Ministry spokesperson Anne Gazeau-Secret was quoted by AFP as saying that training, health and air traffic safety programmes were going ahead on the military front. She said civilian programmes that directly benefit the people, those linked to economic rehabilitation and regional programmes would also continue, AFP reported.

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