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Sophie Pilgrim

Sophie Pilgrim is France 24's online United Nations correspondent and specializes in Middle Eastern and African affairs. She has worked in London, Paris and New York. On Twitter: @sophiepilgrim

Russia gets back in the game

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A demonstrator holds up a sign while Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks with Washington Post journalist David Ignatius at the New York University (NYU) Center on International Cooperation in New York April 29, 2015. Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday offered assurances that Tehran is committed to maintaining freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf in the aftermath of the seizure of a commercial ship by Iranian forces a day earlier. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RTX1AUZQ

Zarif touts swift sanctions relief

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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius chairs a United Nations Security Council meeting on the crisis in the Middle East in France's role as the current President of Council at U.N headquarters in New York, March 27, 2015. At left is U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTR4V5PR

After Iran milestone, France nudges US on Palestinian UN bid

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