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July 4, 2007 - Paris - An American Jewish Committee delegation concluded a three-day visit to Paris for meetings with officials of the new government and other leading personalities.
Among the highlights of the visit were discussions with Jean-David Levitte, diplomatic advisor to President Nicolas Sarkozy; Bernard Kouchner, minister of Foreign Affairs; Catherine Albanel, minister of Culture and Communication; David Martinon, spokesman for President Sarkozy; U.S. Ambassador Craig Stapleton; Israeli Ambassador Daniel Shek, and Richard Prasquier, the recently elected president of CRIF, the umbrella body of French Jewry.
The AJC group also met with key officials of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior, and Justice, and were invited to participate, together with visiting U.S. Representative Robert Wexler, D-FL, Chairman of the Europe Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in a roundtable discussion on trans-Atlantic relations and the Middle East, sponsored by the weekly news magazine L'Express and broadcast through its website.
The principal topics of discussion during the meetings centered on the Middle East, including Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian issues - as well as the ongoing challenge of global anti-Semitism.
"We were very pleased with our meetings and the warmth of the reception we received," said David A. Harris, AJC's Executive Director. "There appears to be an ever-increasing convergence of views on the key challenges facing France and the United States in the Middle East. This is most welcome, and augurs well for the likelihood of success in confronting the serious threats to regional and global security."
The AJC group also had the opportunity to meet privately with Tzippi Livni, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was in Paris to see President Sarkozy and Minister Kouchner, and with a high-level Moroccan delegation that had traveled to Paris for meetings with French counterparts and with Minister Livni. The meeting between Minister Livni and Moroccan Foreign Minister Mohamed Benaissa was the first public ministerial meeting between the two countries in more than three years.
AJC's Paris office, one of six in Europe, is directed by Valérie Hoffenberg. AJC delegations frequently travel to France for meetings with government officials, policy analysts, and Jewish community leaders.
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