Presidents of Colombia and France to meet in New York

Colombian president Álvaro Uribe and his French counterpart Nicolas
Sarkozy will meet during the 63rd UN General Assembly in New York City
Tuesday for the first time after teh liberation of French-Colombian
ex-hostage Ingrid Betancourt.

Except Sarkozy, the Colombian president is also planning to meet U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, E.U. foreign affairs representative Javier Solana, Turkish President Absullah Gül, Slovenian President Danilo Turk and the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales.

Further on Uribe’s agenda are meetings with the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, the director of the U.N.’s anti drugs chief Antonio Maria Costa and the Director General of teh International Labor Organization, Juan Somavia