Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has rejected a plea from Barack Obama, the US president, for his country to send extra troops to Afghanistan.Speaking at a news conference with Obama, in Strasbourg on Friday, Sarkozy gave his support to "the new American strategy in Afghanistan", but added there would be "no strengthening of French troops" in the country.He said France was ready to do more in the field of police training and economic aid.The two leaders addressed the media hours before the beginning of a Nato summit, which is likely to focus on Afghanistan.
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