Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar speaks to France 24 about the sentencing of Rached Ghannouchi. The conviction of the leader of the Ennahda movement was strongly criticized by NGOs as well as by the European Union and the United States.

"The foreigner can think what he wants," reacts Ammar, "it is our internal affairs" The head of Tunisian diplomacy also returns to the burning issue of illegal migration to Europe. "It is not just a question of, say, policing Europe's borders", he says.