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Angola Economy - Development | Politics French-Angolan strained ties to improve afrol News, 23 May - French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, today was on a visit to Angola to mend the long soured relations provoked by an arms deal scandal. Five cooperation agreements were signed during Mr Sarkozy's short visit.Angolan and French ties were broken by the so-called "Angolagate" scandal, which involved the sale of the arms in the war-torn country in the 1990's by the arms traders Pierre Falcone, a Frenchman, and Israeli national Arkady Gaydamak. The duo was accused of paying a network of political contacts - including a son of late President François Mitterrand - to favour their activities in the country. By staff writers © afrol News - Create an e-mail alert for Angola news - Create an e-mail alert for Economy - Development news - Create an e-mail alert for Politics news |
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