PARIS (Reuters) - France's military will intervene in Ivory Coast only for as long as the United Nations asks it to, the government said on Tuesday after an operation to destroy weapons belonging to forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo.
President Nicolas Sarkozy spoke twice to rival Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday following the overnight intervention by U.N. and French helicopters and so far there have been no further French strikes.
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