France is not sending any high-level government officials to the Winter Olympics in Russia next year.
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius made the announcement on Sunday however failed to provide an explanation.
Human rights activists have called for a boycott of the games in Sochi over Russia’s recent legislation banning “homosexual propaganda”.
The German President Joachim Gauck announced last week that he will not be attending the games.
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