60,000 Danes sign petition to solve cartoon row

DANISH Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller yesterday received a petition with 60,000 signatures calling for reconciliation between Denmark and the Muslim world following the crisis over the Prophet Mohammed cartoons.

Organisers of the campaign Forsoning Nu, or Reconciliation Now, urged all parties, particularly the governments of Denmark and other countries involved in the dispute, “to work together to solve the conflict”.

“It’s a good initiative and it shows that Danes want to move on,” Mr Moeller said upon receiving the petition.