BAGHDAD – France must act quickly to show its support for the Tunisian people following a series of misjudgments, the country’s new envoy to Tunis said on Sunday.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s administration has been accused of moving slowly to condemn the violent repression of protests earlier this month that led to the downfall of Tunisia’s longtime president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
“We must very quickly show France’s solidarity with the Tunisian people – and show we stand beside them – as they take this new step,” Boris Boillon, the outgoing ambassador to Baghdad, told AFP after a news conference.
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