Secretary of State for Foreign Cooperation and Francophone Affairs Alain Joyandet of France

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Joyandet is the most senior official from France, Guineas former colonial ruler, to meet the coupleaders.

Shortly after the Wednesday meeting, the junior French cooperation minister Alain Joyandet was quoted as saying that President Nicolas Sarkozy will keep his word with regard to aid to Africa.

Rencontre Joyandet-Olympio à Paris : Joyandet met en garde contre l’exclusion de Gilchrist Olympio lors des présidentielles de 2010.

Joyandet said that the junta leaders have also agreed not contest in the elections.

he was very confident that Guinea would have an elected parliament and president by 2009 end.

Joyandet said France had already obtained the approval of the European Commission on the French-Libya cooperation in the field of peaceful nuclear energy applications.

western official to meet the coup leaders, reports the AFP news agency.

but Mr Joyandet said this was not realistic, as voter lists were not ready, according to Reuters news agency.

France cannot abandon Haiti after it has been hit by this series of catastrophes," Joyandet said on a visit to Port-au-Prince on Monday evening.

The official requested the change of the song, which only has two lines sung in French, because, like many politicians in the country, Joyandet is wary of the intrusion of the English language in France, which he sees as a wider threat to French culture as a whole.

French minister Alain Joyandet said the move would develop the relationship between Tanzania and France.

Talking to reporters after meeting the junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara in Conakry, Alain Joyandet said that the junta leaders have also agreed not contest in the elections.

Joyandet said that Captain Camara has accepted a period of 12 months to hold elections, adding that he was very confident that Guinea would have an elected parliament and president by 2009 end.

Earlier, several western countries had called for holding elections within six months, but Joyandet said Monday that it was not possible as voter lists would not be ready by then.

Joyandet was met at the Conakry airport by General Mamadouba Toto Camara, the number two of the military junta which took control of the mineral-rich west African state hours after the death of veteran dictator Lansana Conte.

Mr Joyandet is the most senior western official to meet the coup leaders, reports the AFP news agency.

Aid continuesSome Western countries had called for elections within six months but Mr Joyandet said this was not realistic, as voter lists were not ready, according to Reuters news agency.