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UK's new prime minister to visit Paris

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-19 04:20
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PARIS -- Britain's new Prime Minister David Cameron was expected in Paris for a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy this Thursday, the Elysee Palace said on Tuesday in a statement.

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"The President of the Republic (Sarkozy) will meet Mr. David Cameron, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, at 19:30 Thursday of May 20, 2010, for a working dinner," the statement said.

Sarkozy said the working dinner was "under the demand" of Cameron, who proposed the gathering in a telephone conversation between the two, according to local media reports.

Earlier, the president's office has announced that Sarkozy has scheduled an official visit to London on June 18.
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