UAE condemns terrorist attack in Burkina Faso

ABU DHABI,17th January 2016 (WAM) - The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the terrorist attack which targeted a restaurant and a hotel in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou and led to the death and injury of several innocent civilian people. In a statement issued yesterday, the UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "While vehemently condemning and denouncing such cowardly terrorist acts committed against humanity by the extremist groups, the UAE calls on the international community to confront this phenomenon by rallying all efforts to stand in the face of terrorism and to eliminate all its forms." The ministry reiterated the UAE's firm position of rejecting terrorism in all its forms and manifestation, regardless of its motives, justifications and perpetrators. – Emirates News Agency, WAM - http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395290346646.html