By NNN-Prensa Latina
Paris : France Tuesday defended the right of Arab nations to access nuclear energy with peaceful purposes, saying that alternatives in that sector are sought all over the world.
“My answer is totally yes,” said the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, in a press conference at the Elysee palace on Tuesday.
Questioned by a German journalist, Sarkozy said that there is no solution other than helping developing countries and opening civil nuclear programs to them. “ And if it is French technology, better,” he commented.
The French president noted that the currently large problem in the world is to avoid a conflict between the East and the West, and so it is absurd to tell Arab countries that they have no right to nuclear energy because they are Arabs. ‘