▁of ▁the ▁shares ▁of ▁Are va ' s ▁subs idi ary ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁building ▁the ▁ER P ▁( Are va ▁N P ). ▁ ▁These ▁informations ▁from ▁Le ▁Paris ien ▁were ▁immediately ▁denied ▁by ▁Are va . ▁Are va ' s ▁sp okes man ▁did ▁admit ▁that ▁negoti ations ▁had ▁taken ▁place ▁early ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁but ▁that ▁no ▁particular ▁technology ▁transfer ▁had ▁been ▁agreed ▁upon . ▁Furthermore , ▁Philippe ▁D ela une , ▁the ▁CE A ' s ▁sp okes man , ▁added ▁that ▁in ▁any ▁case , ▁any ▁transfer ▁concerning ▁the ▁ER P ▁technology ▁would ▁take ▁at ▁least ▁ten ▁or ▁fifteen ▁years . ▁ ▁While ▁Are va ▁did ▁admit ▁that ▁general ▁negoti ations ▁had ▁taken ▁place , ▁Nicolas ▁S ark o zy ▁formally ▁dismiss ed ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁claim ing ▁it ▁was ▁" false ". ▁Bulgar ian ▁President ▁Georg i ▁Par van ov ▁also ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁arms ▁and ▁nuclear ▁agre ements ▁were ▁not ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁n urs es . ▁ ▁African ▁speech ▁On ▁ 2 7 ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁S ark o zy ▁delivered ▁a ▁speech ▁in ▁Sen eg al , ▁written ▁by ▁Henri ▁Gu ain o , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁made ▁reference ▁to ▁" A fr ican ▁pe as ants " ▁( note ▁that ▁the ▁French ▁word ▁" p ays ans " ▁can ▁be ▁translated ▁as ▁either ▁" pe as ants " ▁or ▁as ▁" r ural ▁people ") ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁colonial ism