Iraq: Talks with Sarkozy on a peaceful nuclear programmenote

Iraqi PM Nuri Al-Maliki is said to have asked French President Nicolas Sarkozy to support an Iraqi project to build a nuclear plant to produce electricity. Al-Maliki made his demand during his talks with Sarkozy in Baghdad early this month. The following 364-word report focuses on the issue and tells what the reaction of Sarkozy was. It also tells how the United States and other foreign countries reacted to the project and how the different Iraqi parties are looking at it.