Mercury news: France confirms contacts with Hamas - by Steven Erlanger
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France confirms contacts with Hamas - by Steven Erlanger
France confirmed Monday that it has had contacts with the leaders of Hamas for several months to try to better understand the positions of the Islamist group that is running Gaza. Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner emphasized that there were no negotiations with Hamas, labeled a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union. "These are not relations, they are contacts," Kouchner said on Europe1 radio. "We are not the only ones to have them," he said. "We must be able to talk if we want to play a role."
