France condemned Monday " unjustifiable" attacks at Danish diplomatic missions in Damascus and Beirut by Muslim protestors to show their anger on caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.

"We condemn the incidents that happened in Damascus and Beirut on Sunday and led to fire and ransacking of several diplomatic and consular representations," French Foreign Ministry's spokesman Denis Simonneau said.

"We have already expressed our solidarity with the countries that have been victims of these unjustifiable attacks against the Vienna Convention on the stature of diplomatic representatives," he added.

Danish diplomatic missions in Damascus and Beirut were attacked by Muslim protestors at the weekend, as anger spread over the images, first published in Denmark, one of which shows the prophet wearing a bomb-shaped turban.

French President Jacques Chirac on Monday also condemned all the acts of violence against Denmark in the Muslim world and expressed his solidarity with Copenhagen.

Chirac, in a telephonic conversation with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, "condemned acts of violence aimed at Danes and Danish representatives overseas, and voiced his solidarity with Denmark," said Chirac's spokesman for the French presidency, Jerome Bonnafont.

The French president "called for full light to be shed on this violence and recalled that, under international law, governments are responsible for the safety of foreign persons and goods," he said.

Denmark on Monday issued a list of 14 Muslim countries which its nationals should avoid.

France itself was also threatened with retaliation by Palestinian Islamists last Week. The headquarters of the French daily France Soir in Paris has been evacuated Monday afternoon after a bomb alert. The paper reproduced the dozen cartoon images in its Wednesday edition and its editor in chief has been fired for publishing them.

Source: Xinhua