Word: giraud
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...claims to the reputedly uranium-rich Aozou Strip in northern Chad. While France maintains a 1,300-troop garrison in Chad and has provided some $90 million in military aid this year to its former colony, the French have resisted being drawn deeper into the conflict. Defense Minister Andre Giraud expressed "deepest regrets" over the stepped-up fighting, though he declared that France will continue to defend the Chadian capital from attack. Premier Jacques Chirac last week repeated calls for a "negotiated solution" to the war. Though France supports Chadian President Hissene Habre's claim to the Aozou Strip...
...Andre Giraud, 60, who made his mark as a strong advocate of government- supported nuclear-energy programs and has favored French participation in plans for the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative, will head the Defense Ministry...
...French government quickly tried to limit the political damage caused by the discovery of its ambiguous policy. Industry Minister André Giraud immediately took action to cancel the oil contract with Libya. Foreign Ministry officials were dispatched from Paris to reassure other French-speaking nations such as Niger, Senegal and the Ivory Coast that France was prepared to bolster their defenses. Said French Foreign Minister Jean François-Poncet: "France will, as it always has, stand by its African friends to defend their security...