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Bolivian president thanks Chirac
for support for gas
nationalization
Bolivian President Evo Morales
thanked his French counterpart
Jacques Chirac on Monday for his
support for Bolivia's
nationalization of fossil fuel
resources, and invited him to
visit the opening of the
Constituent Assembly, reports
reaching here said.
During a visit to Chile on
Friday, Chirac expressed his
supportfor the nationalization,
saying he had a lot of respect
for Morales, who "had restored
honor to a people which had been
deprived of it for centuries."
The French president added that
if he were invited, he would
attend the opening of the
Assembly on Aug. 6 in Sucre,
Bolivia's constitutional
capital.
Morales said this is the reason
why he made a public invitation
to Chirac.
He said he had also invited
leaders from Latin America,
Europe, Asia and Africa, because
"we are betting on a deep change
in the democracy, that is to say
a change for the peaceful path."
The Constituent Assembly is one
of Morales's key election
promises. Bolivians will choose
the members of the Assembly on
July 2.
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