France's Chirac talks to Pakistan's Musharraf 
	
	
 Text of report by French news agency AFP 
	
	
 Paris, 28 December (AFP): President Jacques Chirac urged a "de-escalation" between India and Pakistan during a telephone conversation on Friday [28 December] evening with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, the Elysee [French presidency] said. The French head of state, who is spending the seasonal holiday at the Bregancon fort in the Var [department], took the initiative of telephoning his Pakistani opposite number to convey "his very strong concern at the rising tension between India and Pakistan", the same source said. "Everything must be done by everyone to bring about de-escalation," Mr Chirac added. He stressed that "the present cycle will lead to a dangerous situation".