Former French Prime Ministers Edouard Balladur (L) and Alain Juppe (R) attend the funeral of late former French right-wing politician Charles Pasqua at the Invalides in Paris, France, July 3, 2015. French right-wing politician Charles Pasqua, whose brand of social conservatism and tough stances on immigration and crime shaped domestic political debate, has died at 88, at Hospital Foch on Monday evening June 29, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
France's former prime minister, Edouard Balladur, and an ex-defence minister will face trial over the so-called "Karachi affair", an inquiry related to alleged kickbacks in a mid-1990s submarine deal with Pakistan, a judicial source said on Tuesday.
Balladur, who was prime minister between 1993 and 1995, and Francois Leotard will face trial in a special French court set for present and past members of government, the source said.
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