France steps up involvement on Iran, Palestine

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (C) walks with others during a break in a meeting with world representatives seeking to pin down a nuclear deal with Iran at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne March 31, 2015. The United States said it was prepared to work past a midnight deadline into Wednesday if progress was being made towards clinching a preliminary nuclear deal between Iran and global powers. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/Pool - RTR4VN93

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France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (L) attends a joint news conference with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki in the West Bank city of Ramallah June 21, 2015. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prefaced talks about a French-led peace initiative on Sunday by saying foreign powers were trying to dictate to Israel a deal with the Palestinians. Fabius, on a two-day visit to the Middle East, met Palestinian leaders in the occupied West Bank before seeing Netanyahu later in the day. REUTERS/Moha

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France steps up involvement on Iran, Palestine

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