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France’s pro-nuke President dismisses human rights concerns

France, Kazakhs ink military transit, energy deals By PETER LEONARD (AP) –Associated Press Writer Angela Charlton contributed to this report from Paris., Kazakhstan 6 Oct 09 French President Nicolas Sarkozy scored a diplomatic coup Tuesday during a visit to energy-rich Kazakhstan, overseeing an agreement to allow military hardware for French forces fighting in Afghanistan to pass through Kazakh territory and clinching a raft of lucrative energy deals.Facing criticism over its human rights record, Kazakhstan won a measure of support from Sarkozy………….

Kazakhstan is on the cusp of becoming the world’s largest supplier of uranium, but it has in recent years reached out to commercial partners in Russia, Japan and China in a bid to ensure in can take part in all stages of the nuclear fuel production cycle………………..

Sarkozy’s visit came as Kazakhstan faced mounting criticism over its human rights record ahead of its 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a leading trans-Atlantic security and democracy body.

Human Rights Watch said this week that Kazakhstan has repeatedly flouted basic democratic freedoms and has been slow to implement reforms in

The Associated Press: France, Kazakhs ink military transit, energy deals

October 7, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Kazakhstan, secrets,lies and civil liberties, spinbuster | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive, Sarkozy, uranium