PARIS: The chairman of Orange said this weekend that the French telecoms group was in Israel “to stay” as a row raged over the group’s plan to review its business ties with an Israeli telecoms firm.

Stephane Richard told Agence France-Presse he “sincerely regrets” the furore sparked Wednesday when he said in Cairo that Orange would end its brand-licensing agreement with Partner, Israel’s second-largest mobile operator.

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