A gargantuan summit of European and Middle Eastern leaders in Paris has produced a series of breakthroughs and diplomatic coups for the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy.

Text of report in English by Czech national public-service news agency CTK Stirin, Central Bohemia, 11 July: Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (Civic Democrats, ODS) has cancelled participation in a summit on the Union for the Mediterranean project on Sunday for personal reasons, he told journalists today.

Egypt was elected as vice-president of Euro-Mediterranean Union for Business and Environment during the convention of the General Foundational Association of the new union in Barcelona.

In its 1730 gmt "With the Event" programme, Al-Alam TV on 25 July discussed French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to Libya today in the light of the recent release of Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who were charged by Libyan authorities of injecting Libyan children with AIDS virus.

Radio France Internationale (RFI) in its 0630gmt bulletin reported that many Malians are disappointed with Segolene Royal's loss to Nicholas Sarkozy.