France has backed out of the Durban III conference.

France has backed out of the Durban III conference. The process “became more and more racist,” and “just like the Brits” the French foreign minister will not be attending it, a French diplomat told The Jerusalem Post from Paris on Saturday.

The aims of the anti-racism conference has “moved away from its original purpose,” the diplomat said.

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“France will not participate in the meeting planned in New York on the 22nd of September commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Durban conference against racism,” the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement sent to the Post. [Juppe]