combat role. «I sent the third and fourth contingents. Now, we have to finish the work,» said Saca, who was elected last June. Earlier, Saca met with French President Jacques Chirac. The Salvadoran leader visited Spain and Italy before arriving in France on Wednesday. Saca has a close relationship with the United States, and has defended his decision to continue sending troops out of a sense of obligation to repay his country's debt to the world community, which helped end its 12-year civil war with a peace accord in 1992.
