PARIS (Reuters) - France is backing sanctions to resolve the crisis in Ivory Coast, having ruled out a messy military intervention that would jeopardise thousands of French citizens living in the former colony.
As a major business partner with 600 companies and 13,000 of its nationals in the country, France wants to retain political and economic influence without appearing to interfere.
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