France today sharply condemned the Arab delegations here who have been attacking Israel in the Arab refugee debate and lauded Israel for having cooperated with the Palestine Conciliation Commission. However, it declared itself unable to go along with 15 member states that have introduced a resolution calling for direct peace negotiations between the Arab states and Israel. The French views were outlined at the Special Political Committee by Pierre Millet, French delegate.
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