France: 'We Are On the Side of Persecuted Minorities'

The U.N. Security Council will meet to discuss the persecution of Christians in the Middle East.

France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called for the meeting because its "completely unacceptable what has been done to these minorities."

France is the presiding member of the council at this time.

Fabius said he called for the March 27 meeting because "we are on the side of persecuted minorities."

The French government has already made provision to accept Middle East Christians seeking asylum into the country.

Fabus visited several communities of displaced Christians last year.