Bush a ‘loyal partner’: Sarkozy

Monday, November 17, 2008 at 3:11 am

President George W Bush has been “a loyal partner, not always easy, but loyal,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in Washington, after sharply criticising the US leader in past days.

The French leader admitted at a press conference yesterday after a meeting of world leaders here that there had been misunderstandings with Bush, but said “it wasn’t a huge drama, that’s why we all came together.”

“President Bush has been a loyal partner, not always easy, but loyal,” he said.

In recent days Sarkozy has taken some digs at Bush, toning down his pro-American stance as Bush prepares to leave office. “When on August 8 someone had to leave for Moscow or Tbilisi, who defended human rights?” Sarkozy asked rhetorically, at a Thursday ceremony in the Elysee palace.

“Was it the president of the United States who said ‘This is unacceptable’? Or was it France which kept up dialogue” between Russian and Georgian leaders, said Sarkozy. And during an EU-Russia summit on Friday, Sarkozy cited the conflict in Georgia again in another veiled shot at Bush.

“Between the strategy of some of Georgia’s friends and the strategy of the European Union, Europe’s was more effective,” Sarkozy said. “As president of the (EU) Council, I have never waved the military threat, unlike others,” he said.

(Agencies)

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Bush a ‘loyal partner’: Sarkozy

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