Above: France President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech in Cherbourg, north western France, March 21, 2008. Sarkozy called on Monday for an end to violence in Tibet and said France would be willing to facilitate talks to end it.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged China on Tuesday to show responsibility over the unrest in Tibet but refused to rule out a possible boycott of the Beijing Olympic Games.
"I don't close the door to any option, but I think it's more prudent to reserve my responses to concrete developments in the situation," Sarkozy said, when asked about a possible boycott.
"All options are open but I appeal to the sense of responsibility of Chinese authorities," he said.
Like other western governments, France has so far rejected the idea of boycotting the games but Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner called for an end to China's "repression" of protests in the region.
Source Reuters
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