France in favour of a common EU stance on Beijing Olympics - FM

December 09, 2021 / 12:51 PM

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock attend a joint news conference after a meeting at the Quai ...

Sharjah 24 – Reuters: French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Thursday there was a need for a common European stand on the issue of a diplomatic boycott of February's Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Le Drian, who held a joint news conference with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock in Paris, spoke shortly after the French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer said France would not joint the boycott initiated by the United States.