France's foreign minister has backtracked from comments suggesting he is open to a boycott of the Beijing Olympics' opening ceremonies, saying that some economic decisions must be made "at the expense of human rights."
Bernard Kouchner on Tuesday said the idea of skipping the August 8 opening ceremony to punish China for its crackdown on protests in Tibet was "interesting" and "less negative than a general boycott" of the Olympics.
But by Tuesday evening, he told France-2 television: "We're not in favor of it." 
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