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No reason for France to change mind over Snowden asylum-minister

No reason for France to change mind over Snowden asylum-minister
FILE PHOTO: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian reacts during a news conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (not pictured) in Cairo, Egypt September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany -  Copyright  MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY(Reuters)
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PARIS (Reuters) - There's no reason for France to change its mind over a 2013 decision to deny former U.S spy agency contractor Edward Snowden asylum, French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday.

Snowden said on Monday he would love French President Emmanuel Macron to grant him political asylum after another one of Macron's ministers said if it was up to her she would offer him asylum.

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta ; Writing by Benoit Van Overstraeten ; Editing by Christian Lowe)

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