UAE reiterates solidarity with Egypt, condemns yesterday's terrorist act

CAIRO, 30th June, 2015 (WAM) -- The UAE Deputy Permanent Representative to the Arab League, Khalifa Al Tunaiji, has reiterated the country's condemnation of the terrorist attack in Cairo yesterday that led to the killing of Egypt's State Prosecutor, Hisham Barakt. Al Tunaiji said such cowardly terrorist operations would not thwart Egypt's march to end terror and attain stability. Addressing an emergency meeting of the Arab League's Council, which opened yesterday and was chaired by Jordan, Al Tunaiji reaffirmed the UAE's full solidarity with Egypt, saying the recent terrorist crimes in several countries, which claimed innocent lives during the holy month of Ramadan, contravene all beliefs. "The UAE vehemently condemns the abhorrent terrorist crime of targeting Al Imam Al Sadiq Mosque in Kuwait. The leadership and people of the UAE stand by the brotherly Kuwait in the fight against terrorism and extremism," he said. "This crime which targeted a mosque and innocent worshippers is an act of grave escalation by an extremist group that exploits religion to justify its barbaric acts. It is designed to undermine the security and stability of Kuwait and its integrated social fabric." Al Tunaiji went on to say that such crimes require the international community to rally efforts to confront the cowardly acts and twisted thoughts which pay no heed to human lives and sanctity of mosques. He offered condolences to the victims' families and wished the injured speedy recovery. Al Tunaiji also expressed the UAE's condemnation of the terrorist attack which targeted two hotels in Sousse in Tunisia and renewed solidarity with the latter in its battle against terror. On his part, Somalia's Ambassador to Egypt and its permanent representative to the Arab League, Abdullah Hassan Mahmoud, praised the efforts being exerted by the UAE to support his country as well as provide relief support to Somalia. He also condemned the terrorist attack on the UAE aid convoy in Mogadishu, Somalia recently that left a number of Somali people as victims and injured. In his speech at the opening of the urgent meeting, the Somali Ambassador decried the terrorist incidents that took place in Kuwait and Tunisia, as well as the assassination of Egypt's State prosecutor Hisham Barakat this morning. Addressing the audience, Nabil El Araby, Secretary-General of the Arab League, lauded the role being played by the UAE to provide assistance to the Government of Somalia in the reconstruction of the country's institutions as well as its relief programmes for the Somalis. He also condemned the terrorist attack that targeted the UAE aid convoy in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia and those which took place in Kuwait and Tunisia as well as Barakat's assassination, , noting these terrorist incidents backed by criminal terrorist organisations such as Daesh (ISIL) and others are aimed to destruct the Arab communities and their social fabric, and to destabilise the security and stability of the Arab countries. – Emirates News Agency, WAM - http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395282648486.html http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395282650188.html