France summons Israeli envoy over Jerusalem church incident: Foreign Ministry

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The French Foreign Ministry said it would summon the Israeli ambassador in the coming days after Israeli police entered the grounds of France's Eleona Church in Jerusalem on Thursday and briefly detained two gendarmes.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot canceled a visit to the site after the incident.

France claims the sanctuary on the Mount of Olives as its territory under international treaties. It has been the subject of diplomatic incidents in the past.

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