PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Aug 31, SPA -- Gunmen opened fire on a hospital while a delegation of high-ranking Frenchofficials was inside, sparking a gunbattle that left atleast one gunman dead while wounding a French soldier and aHaitian police officer, an official said. Renaud Muselier, France's secretary of state for foreignaffairs, was inside St. Catherine's Hospital at the timebut wasn't injured during the attack Monday in the CiteSoleil slum. "The gunfire lasted an hour and a half before we could beevacuated by U.N. forces that sealed off the area," Muselier said, speaking on France's RTL radio. "We were evacuated in a convoy of armored cars and twohelicopters," he said. Muselier is the No. 2 official in the French ForeignMinistry and is on a visit aimed at boosting cooperationbetween Haiti and its former colonial ruler. The slum _ one of Haiti's poorest _ has traditionally beena stronghold of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,and some loyalists have pledged to resist the interimgovernment that replaced Aristide after he left Feb. 29amid a bloody rebellion. The French delegation and their armed escorts were holedup in the building for about two hours Monday untilBrazilian troops who are leading a U.N. peacekeeping forcearrived in armored vehicles and took them away, the Frenchofficial said.--SP1451 Local Time 1151 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/196764