COPENHAGEN, March 13: Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller on Monday received a petition with 60,000 signatures calling for reconciliation between Denmark and the Muslim world following the crisis over the cartons of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Organizers of the campaign “Forsoning Nu,” or “Reconciliation Now,” urged all parties, particularly the governments of Denmark and other countries involved in the dispute, “to work together to solve the conflict.”

“It’s a good initiative and it shows that Danes want to move on,” Mr Moeller told reporters when he received the petition.

The cartoons were first published in September by a Danish newspaper, which said it was challenging self-censorship among artists dealing with Islam.—AP