Former French Premier Pierre Mendes-France, who is now in China as a guest of the Peking government, will raise the Middle East issue in the course of his conversations with the Chinese leadership, it was disclosed here today by a French political source. The source added that Mendes-France is expected to appeal to the Chinese leaders to adopt a more flexible policy regarding the Middle East conflict.
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