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Source: http://www.france24.com/en/20090120-france-ready-talk-peace-hamas-israel-kouchner
France Ready to Talk to Hamas "When They Accept the Peace Process"
[AFP-France24] Paris will talk to the Islamist Hamas movement when it shows it is ready to seek peace with Israel, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Tuesday. "We believe we will have to talk to them when they accept the peace process, when they agree to start negotiations," he told French lawmakers. Earlier, Foreign Ministry spokesman Eric Chevallier said, "We are prepared to talk to a [Palestinian] national unity government that respects the principle of the peace process and that will engage in negotiations with Israel on creating a Palestinian state living peacefully side by side with Israel."