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		</div><p>France and Germany have formed a united front in the face of US president Donald Trump’s halt in the US refugee programme, saying it &#8220;can only worry us&#8221;.</p>
<p>German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel pointed out that loving thy neighbour forms part of America’s Christian traditions.</p>
<p>After meeting on Saturday, the foreign ministers of both nations said they want to meet Rex Tillerson, Mr Trump’s nominee for secretary of state who is still awaiting confirmation.</p>
<p>French minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Mr Trump’s order on Friday that bars all refugees from entering the United States for four months &#8211; and those from Syria indefinitely &#8211; &#8220;can only worry us&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have signed international obligations, so welcoming refugees fleeing war and oppression forms part of our duties,&#8221; the French minister said.</p>
<p>&#8220;There are many other issues that worry us,&#8221; he added. &#8220;That is why Sigmar and I also discussed what we are going to do.</p>
<p>&#8220;When our colleague, Tillerson, is officially appointed, we will both contact him.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Gabriel &#8211; on his first trip abroad since his appointment on Friday &#8211; said offering refuge to the persecuted and those fleeing death are western values that Europe and the United States share.<br />
&#8220;Love thy neighbour is part of this tradition, the act of helping others,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>&#8220;This unites us, we Westerners. And I think that this remains a common foundation that we share with the United States, one we aim to promote.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Trump declared the ban necessary to prevent &#8220;radical Islamic terrorists&#8221; from entering the United States.</p>
<p>The order immediately suspended a programme that last year resettled in the US roughly 85,000 people displaced by war, political oppression, hunger and religious prejudice.</p>
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