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France, Kuwait, Libya
Al Kharafi affair: Paris opposes unfreezing of Libyan Investment Authority fund's French assets

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The Fnac des Ternes building is part of the property concerned by the dispute.
The Fnac des Ternes building is part of the property concerned by the dispute. © Olivier Boitet/PhotoPQR/Le Parisien/MaxPPP

The Directorate General of the French Treasury has refused to release the assets of the Libyan sovereign wealth fund claimed by the Kuwaiti group in its €1bn dispute with Libya. These assets include the Fnac building in Paris' Ternes district, and sums held with Société Générale.

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