A critical statement made by UAE Foreign Minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, at the Tweeps Forum in Riyadh back in 2017, recently resurfaced and provided an eye-opening take on the French protests

“There will come a day when we see far more radicals, extremists, and terrorists coming out of Europe because of a lack of decision-making, trying to be politically correct or assuming that they know the Middle East or Islam far better than we do…”

The statement calling out the indecisive leadership of Europe, seemed to foreshadow a likely situation as is currently being seen in Paris and the rest of France.

France’s recent ongoing protest triggered by the police shooting of a teenage boy of Algerian and Moroccan descent has led to volatile situations…

…including the burning of buildings and cars, in Paris as well as Marseille, Lyon, Pau, Toulouse, Strasbourg, and Lille.

On Tuesday, the French Police shot and killed an unarmed 17-year-old boy in a stationary car. The CCTV footage of the incident went viral and sparked mass outrage, causing droves of Parisians to march out in protest.

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The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement calling for calm and the de-escalation of the situation in France. It is urging all Emirati citizens in the country to practice caution and to stay away from demonstrations sites.

The UAE Ministry expressed its full solidarity with the country and stressed on the importance of restoring order and respect for the rules and principles of French law. Also, it affirmed its robust confidence in France’s ability to overcome the current situation.

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