President Iohannis: Paris march showed international solidarity

President Klaus Iohannis says the Sunday march in Paris, which he has attended, was more than an expression of French solidarity and showed international oneness.

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'I have participated in the solidarity march dedicated to those who lost their lives in the recent attacks, but it was more than a march of French solidarity ? it was a march of international solidarity, if we can say so; a sign of our determination to fight terrorism and extremism of any kind. There were not just Europeans participating, not just Christians, there were also Muslims, Hebrews, atheists, agnostics; the Arab states were represented; high representatives of Israel came along; they were all worried about the terrorist offensive,' Iohannis declared in a media address on the Henri Coanda airport of Bucharest, upon returning from Paris.

He mentioned the opportunity to talk with several political leaders from Europe and the world; he named among others German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Council President Donald Tusk, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

'I wish to take this opportunity to thank French President Francois Hollande for his invitation and warm welcome. I am glad I could be next to him in those hard times for the French nation; I also thank him for the special attention to our messages and to the solidarity of the Romanian people,' Iohannis added. AGERPRES