“France regrets the decision of the Turkish State Council to change the status of the museum of Hagia Sophia,” the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
It is noted that this decision jeopardizes the symbolic act of secular Turkey.
The statement states the need to preserve the integrity of this religious, architectural and historical pearl.
Earlier in the US, they said they were disappointed with the decision of the Turkish authorities to change the status of Hagia Sophia (Hagia Sophia) in Istanbul to a mosque.