France beefs up Africa, Middle East embassy securityFrance will invest about 20 million euros ($25 million) to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa after its mission in Libya was targeted by a car bomb in April, the Foreign Ministry said. Spokesman Philippe Lalliot confirmed an email sent by Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to staff on Tuesday saying the measure had to be taken following the rising number of serious international crises and threats emanating from them. It will be financed in part by the sale of overseas real estate assets owned by France. France spends more than 500 million euros a year on managing almost 2 million square meters of property and land outside the country. The Foreign Ministry has increasingly been selling property in an effort to beef up its budget as the government looks to slash ministerial spending to meet deficit targets. It raised more than 120 million euros through sales in 2011, including its consular building in Hong Kong for about 50 million euros.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/22/us-france-embassies-idUSBRE94L0JI20130522
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