法国关闭驻也门使馆

 　　PARIS, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- France will close its embassy in Yemen on Sunday and Monday over security concerns, media reports quoted a foreign ministry¹ spokesman as saying on Saturday.

　　It came after Britain and Germany took the same decision.

　　The United States issued a global travel alert over possible terrorist attacks on Friday, one day after it announced the closure of some diplomatic missions in the Middle East and North Africa over the coming weekend.

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n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。