"If an agreement is signed with unions, this staff redeployment would require neither a plant closure or a voluntary redundancy programme, " Gerard Leclercq, head of Renault's French operations, told AFP.

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"Frankly, there is no closure until we get Hafiz Saeed, " referring to the head of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a Pakistani charity and alleged front organisation for militant group Lashkar-e Toiba, which accused of masterminding the attacks.

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