The National Assembly pays tribute to the French officer killed in Sinai

The hemicycle of the National Assembly, in Paris.

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Lieutenant-Colonel Sébastien Botta died last Thursday, along with six other foreign soldiers, in the crash of their helicopter in Egyptian Sinai.

This Tuesday, deputies and members of the government observed a minute of silence in the National Assembly to pay tribute to them.

“I extend the condolences of the National Assembly to the family (of Lieutenant-Colonel Sébastien Botta), to his relatives and to his brothers in arms.

We also think of the six other soldiers of different nationalities who lost their lives in this mission in the service of peace ”, declared the President of the Assembly Richard Ferrand, before inviting for a minute of silence, at the beginning of the government questioning session.

A ceremony at the Invalides

In total, seven members of the "Multinational Force and Observers" responsible for monitoring the peace between Israel and Egypt, including five Americans, a French and a Czech, were killed in this helicopter crash during a mission. routine near Sharm el-Sheikh.

The French officer received a tribute on the Alexandre III bridge in Paris on Monday, before a funeral ceremony at the Invalides military building.

A second national tribute ceremony was to take place Tuesday at the Villacoublay air base, in the Paris region, in the presence of the Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Armed Forces, Geneviève Darrieussecq.

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