France on high-alert ahead of NATO summit

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Source: CCTV.com | 03-31-2009 09:24

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France is on high-alert ahead of the NATO summit in Strasbourg this week, with around 10-thousand officers deployed. Meanwhile, one urgent task to be addressed at the summit is a trust fund for the national army of Afghanistan.

France's Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie (C) shakes  hands with German policemen on the French German border in  Strasbourg March 30, 2009 as she visits security operations  taken ahead of the upcoming NATO summit. Strasbourg and the  German cities of Baden-Baden and Kehl will host the NATO  member states summit on April 3 and 4. REUTERS/Vincent  Kessler (FRANCE POLITICS MILITARY)

With world leaders due to attend the summit, security is a major concern. Border controls between France and Germany have been reactivated.