(MENAFN- QNA) French Prime Minister Manuel Valls Tuesday said there would be "no discussion, no negotiation" with an Algerian group that has abducted a French citizen.
The Prime Minister told French Radio there would be "no discussion, no negotiation and we will never give in to blackmail. Even if we are of course very worried after the authentication of this video".
The premier said France would continue air strikes on the extremists linked to Islamic State (IS) militants that has claimed the kidnapping.
The group, Jund al-Khilifa (Soldiers of the Caliphate), said in a video message to kill the hostage, Herve Pierre Gourdel, within 24 hours unless France stopped its air strikes against the IS in Iraq.
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