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Marrakech, MOROCCO: French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy (L) poses 20 May 2006 during a meeting with his Moroccan counterpart Chakib Benmoussa (not pictured) near the swimming pool of the Mamounia in Marrakech. French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, on a brief visit to Benin, called 19 May 2006 for a new and healthier relationship between his country and Africa. In a speech on French policy to Africa in the country's economic capital Cotonou to local politicians, he cited former French presidents Charles de Gaulle and Francois Mitterrand and ex-premier Edouard Balladur but not current President Jacques Chirac. AFP PHOTO - ABDELHAK SENNA (Photo credit should read ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Marrakech, MOROCCO:  French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy (L) poses 20 May 2006 during a meeting with his Moroccan counterpart Chakib Benmoussa (not pictured) near the swimming pool of the Mamounia in Marrakech.  French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, on a brief visit to Benin, called 19 May 2006 for a new and healthier relationship between his country and Africa. In a speech on French policy to Africa in the country's economic capital Cotonou to local politicians, he cited former French presidents Charles de Gaulle and Francois Mitterrand and ex-premier Edouard Balladur but not current President Jacques Chirac. AFP PHOTO - ABDELHAK SENNA  (Photo credit should read ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)