French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot does not rule out the possibility that France, which he says has "expertise" in rare earths, could conclude an economic agreement with Ukraine. "We're looking at the possibilities open to us, and we'll seize them, if they're in the mutual interest of France and Ukraine," says Jean-Noel Barrot in an interview with AFP in Washington. [COMPLETES VIDI448H39D_EN, VIDI448J862_EN, VIDI448H7T2_EN AND VIDI448G3ZW_EN] IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES