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'We need de-escalation,' says France's ambassador to the UN after US kills Iran general

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"We need de-escalation, we need stability in the region," says Nicolas de Riviere, France's permanent representative to the United Nations, when asked for his country's response following the killing of Iran's top military commander Qasem Soleimani by a US strike. SOUNDBITE

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