"France has said it is ready to welcome Christians fleeing the area of Iraq controlled by Islamic State group's fighters, saying it is "outraged" by their persecution..."
"...France is outraged by these abuses that it condemns with the utmost firmness," Laurent Fabius, France's foreign minister, and Bernard Cazeneuve, the interior minister, said in a joint statement on Monday..."
"'...We are ready, if they wish, to facilitate their asylum on our soil.
"'We are in constant contact with local and national authorities to ensure everything is done to protect them," both ministers said..."
"...Before the 2003 US-led invasion, more than a million Christians lived in Iraq, including more than 600,000 in Baghdad and 60,000 in Mosul, as well as a substantial number in Kirkuk and in Basra."
"...France is outraged by these abuses that it condemns with the utmost firmness," Laurent Fabius, France's foreign minister, and Bernard Cazeneuve, the interior minister, said in a joint statement on Monday..."
"'...We are ready, if they wish, to facilitate their asylum on our soil.
"'We are in constant contact with local and national authorities to ensure everything is done to protect them," both ministers said..."
"...Before the 2003 US-led invasion, more than a million Christians lived in Iraq, including more than 600,000 in Baghdad and 60,000 in Mosul, as well as a substantial number in Kirkuk and in Basra."
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