French President, Barack Obama Meet in Paris
By VOA News
25 July 2008
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama has urged Iran to heed an international call to stop enriching uranium.
Speaking at a news conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, Obama said Tehran should not wait for the next U.S. president to press the issue, because he thinks the pressure "is only going to build."
After wide-ranging talks with Mr. Sarkozy, Obama said the two men agreed that Iran presents an extraordinarily grave situation.
Obama and Mr. Sarkozy also agreed on the importance of victory against Taliban forces in Afghanistan and on the need to deal with climate change.
Obama now flies to Britain where he will meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Asked about his impressions of the French leader, Obama said he shows that the West is at its best when it offers opportunitY to all. He noted that Mr. Sarkozy's father, like his own, was a foreigner.
In turn, the president said the story he termed "the Obama adventure" is one that speaks to the heart of French people.
Thursday, Obama addressed an estimated 200,000 people in Berlin, urging Europeans and Americans to work together to defeat terrorism and called on Europe to stand by the United States to bring stability to Afghanistan and end the war in Iraq.
Meanwhile, Pentagon and Democratic campaign officials have confirmed that Obama canceled plans to visit wounded U.S. soldiers in Germany after the Defense Department said such venues should not be used in political campaigns.
London will be the final stop of Obama's current trip, which also included Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.
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