United Arab Emirates give support to Emmanuel Macron

The flag of the United Arab Emirates, on the town hall of Tel Aviv in Israel on August 13, 2020. -

While France faces a boycott of its products from many Muslim countries, Emmanuel Macron has just received clear support from the United Arab Emirates.

Through the voice of its Minister of Foreign Affairs, the country defended the French president in the controversy that swelled against him, over the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

In an interview published on Monday in the German daily

, Anwar Gargash rejected the idea that Emmanuel Macron had expressed a message of exclusion of Muslims.

"You have to listen to what Macron in his speech really said, he does not want ghettoization of Muslims in the West and he is absolutely right," he said.

According to the minister, Muslims must integrate better and the French state is entitled to seek ways to achieve this while fighting against radicalism and community confinement.

Show the red line to Erdogan

For the head of the Emirati diplomacy, the controversy is above all the result of a political recovery by the Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

“As soon as Erdogan sees a loophole or weakness, he uses it to increase his influence.

It is only when he is shown the red line that he is ready to negotiate, ”added Anwar Gargasch.

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