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France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius summoned the Indonesian ambassador on Wednesday to discuss the case of a Frenchman facing the death penalty for drug offences, a government spokesman told AFP.
Atlaoui is one of several foreign drug convicts on death row in Indonesia who recently lost appeals for presidential clemency. They are expected to be executed together once final legal appeals are resolved.
They include two members of the Bali nine smuggling ring, Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan.
Imprisoned in Indonesia for a decade, Atlaoui, a father-of-four, has always denied the charges, saying he was installing industrial machinery in what he thought was an acrylics factory.
His relatives have issued impassioned appeals in recent days, begging French President Francois Hollande and the European Union to save him.
Atlaoui is one of several foreign drug convicts on death row in Indonesia who recently lost appeals for presidential clemency. They are expected to be executed together once final legal appeals are resolved.
Drug laws in Indonesia are among the world's toughest.
President Joko Widodo, who took office in October, has been a vocal supporter of putting drug traffickers to death, saying the country is facing a narcotics emergency.
Source: Agence France-Presse, April 22, 2015