Our correspondent says in contrast, China, a close ally
of Khartoum, sees the conference as an opportunity to turn attention on
those rebel groups that have not signed up to a peace agreement.
Ms Rice will be joined at the summit by French Foreign
Minister Bernard Kouchner - a recent appointee by new president Nicolas
Sarkozy.
For the last four years Gallic interest in Darfur has
largely been limited to watching from an air base in neighbouring Chad,
says the BBC's Jonah Fisher in Paris.
But with a new leader and Socialist foreign minister, there has come a new commitment to get involved, he says.
At a joint news conference on Sunday, Ms Rice and Mr Kouchner said there was a need for decisive action.
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I think the penultimate sentence of the above is flawed.
Is it correct to say ... there has come a new commitment to get involved ?
For me the words 'there has come a new commitment to get involved ' make no sense.
It will be correct to say .... there is a new commitment to get involved.