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France warns Indonesia of damage to ties over death-row Frenchman

French foreign minister Laurent Fabius says if death sentence is carried out on Serge Atlaoui it will have 'consequences' for bilateral relations.

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Indonesia will face repercussions from France if it goes ahead with the execution by firing squad of a Frenchman convicted of drug offences, foreign minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday, reports Reuters.

Serge Atlaoui lost an appeal for a retrial. He is among 10 convicted traffickers, including two Australians, due to be executed despite appeals for clemency from their governments.

"We remain hopeful for clemency but we are extremely pre-occupied by this decision and this death threat which, if carried out, would obviously have consequences for the relationship between this country and France," Fabius told a news conference.

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