Text of report by Radio France Internationale on 20 April

There was this rather unusual event at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris. Judges came to make a search at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in connection with the [Bernard] Borrel affair. The judge was found dead in Djibouti in 1995. Names of individuals in President Ismail Omar Guelleh's entourage appear in the dossier. The judges want to know whether diplomats tried to influence the course of justice. Two years ago the Quai d'Orsay tried to take documents from the dossier to Djibouti. The judges opposed this move in the name of judicial confidentiality.

Source: Radio France Internationale, Paris, in French 0730 GMT 20 Apr 07

Source: BBC Monitoring