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Paris, Dec 1 (AFP) President Nicolas Sarkozy has refused a US request for France to send more troops to Afghanistan, the minister for Europe said today.
"You know the president's answer, it's 'no'," Pierre Lellouche said in a French television interview when asked about reports that President Barack Obama was seeking 1,500 extra French troops for the Afghan mission.

Le Monde newspaper quoted an aide to Sarkozy as saying that France was weighing the request and could agree to boost its contingent in Afghanistan as long as the fresh troops focus on training Afghan forces.

According to the daily, Obama has asked his allies to provide 10,000 extra troops for the Afghan campaign, including 1,500 from France, 2,000 from Germany, 1,500 from Italy and 1,000 from Britain.

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