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PARIS, June 2: France’s government will boycott matches held in Ukraine during the Euro 2012 football championship because of the country’s treatment of opposition figure Yulia Tymoshenko.
“The situation of human rights in Ukraine, and in particular political trials, prompts serious concerns within the European Union,” French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said Friday.
Later in the day, President Francois Hollande added, however, that he wasn’t for a boycott by French sport teams.—AP
