Austrian chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel is to make an official visit to France - the first since being put out into the cold after a far-right party joined his government in 2000.
According to Austrian paper Die Presse, a meeting between the Chancellor and French president Jacques Chirac will take place sometime in spring - although the exact date has yet to be set.
Mr Schüssel said he sees the invitation as a "positive signal". Vienna had extended an open invitation for French lead...
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