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France urged Arab countries to stop calls to boycott their products. The boycott came after a controversial statement by French President Emmanuel Macron.
Reported AFP, Monday (10/26/2020) The French Foreign Ministry said in a statement released on Sunday (10/25) local time, that in recent days there have been calls to boycott French products, especially food products, in several countries. Middle East, as well as calls for demonstrations against France for the publication of the cartoon satire of the prophet Muhammad of France.
“This call for a boycott is unfounded and must be stopped immediately, as well as all attacks on our country, which are being driven by a radical minority,” the statement said.
On Sunday (10/25), Macron said in a preview on Twitter: “We will never give in to Islamic radicals. We do not accept hate speech and we defend sensitive debates,” the French leader said.
Previously, calls to boycott French products had increased in Arab countries and beyond, after President Emmanuel Macron criticized Islamists and determined not to give up cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
Macron’s initial comments on Wednesday came in response to the beheading of a teacher, Samuel Paty, in front of his suburban school on the outskirts of Paris earlier this month. Paty was beheaded after showing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad while teaching.
