But French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the French military has also launched airstrikes.
In an interview published on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said French soldiers could start leaving Mali in March.
Laurent Fabius said restoring security was essential but so was restoring democratic dialogue.
Later, cheering "vive la France, " she wrapped her arms around French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who accompanied Mr. Hollande.
"These images are terribly shocking and display cruelty without limits, " French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a statement.
French Finance Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday that Berlusconi needed to confirm Italy's commitment to the European Union.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the aim of the operation was to stop Islamist militants advancing any further.
France's new Socialist finance minister, Laurent Fabius, took over only a month ago.
The two later had dinner with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who joined them after the European talks in Brussels.
Laurent Fabius, who ran against her, publicly asked who would look after her children if she went for the presidency.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the aim of the current operation was to stop Islamist militants advancing any further.
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When asked whether there had been French air strikes, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius confirmed that there had been "an aerial operation".
There was a similar reaction from the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.
Indeed, he has appointed prominent nonistes to his government: Laurent Fabius, a former prime minister and rebel figurehead, is now foreign minister.
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius also stressed his commitment to Europe on BFM-TV.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius also condemned the attack and sent condolences.
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That idea is shared by his finance minister and rival, Laurent Fabius.
France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the meeting impressive progress had been made but that this did not mean the danger was over.
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Earlier, the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said France and the UK would consider arming the rebels even if the ban remained in place.
The French economy minister Laurent Fabius said that "no European" could accept such a clause, as it implies a pre-determined end-point for the negotiation.
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday that France intended to leave Mali "quickly", and it was up to African countries to take over.
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Earlier this year former Prime Minister Laurent Fabius and ex-Social Affairs Minister Georgina Dufoix were acquitted of manslaughter but a colleague, Edmond Herve, was convicted.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said France's involvement would last "a matter of weeks" and rejected any parallel with the protracted Western mission in Afghanistan.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius spoke with his Nigerien counterpart and expressed France's solidarity with Nigerien authorities in the fight against terrorist groups, the ministry said.
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Niger, Burkina Faso, Togo, Senegal and Benin are also among the countries that have pledged to send troops, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told reporters Monday.
At Hollande's request, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius was to travel to Tripoli later Tuesday to assess the situation and bring home the two wounded French guards.
To the wider world, he was a respected researcher with surprisingly far-ranging connections, dining from time to time with government ministers, including Laurent Fabius and Bernard Kouchner.
The malicious may add an extra complication: Mr Jospin's finance minister is Laurent Fabius, a long-time rival in the Socialist Party and himself a former prime minister.
Indeed, Laurent Fabius, one of the rare Socialist elephants not (yet) co-opted by Mr Sarkozy, has argued the opposite: that the party should return to its Socialist roots.
"If everything is confirmed, this signifies that the fight against terrorist groups is a necessity, " said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, quoted by the Associated Press news agency.
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