Hollande, foreign leaders walk in march in Paris against extremism
Xinhua, January 11, 2015 Adjust font size:
A massive march commenced Sunday afternoon in Paris with the participation of French President Francois Hollande and leaders from dozens of foreign countries, according to Xinhua journalists at Square of the Republique.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Parliament President Martin Schulz and European Council President Donald Tusk are among the foreign leaders.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, along with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, are also in the march to support France.
More than a million French would walk in the streets of Paris Sunday in honor of the 17 victims killed during the three days deadly terrorist attack. Some 770,000 French across the country already took to the street Saturday to honor the victims and denounce terrorism and extremist. Endit