Sunday, January 11, 2015

David Cameron and World Leaders Leads Defiant March In Paris In Tribute to 17 Terror Victims

            French President Francois Hollande is surrounded by leaders including Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (left), Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (fourth right), Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (third right) and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (right)


British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President  Francois Hollande today lead a march in Paris with world leader in a tribute to the 17 terror victims in Paris, 1.5 million people came out for the defiant  march, dignitaries and world leaders that took part in the march are the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. Ukrainian Prime Minister Petro Poroshenko and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

Also in attendance was Eric Holder US Attorney General and World Security Ministers who were in Paris to deliberate on the threat pose by Islamic extremism to the world.
Meanwhile,600,000 people held rally in other towns and cities outside the Paris,2000 Police officer and 1,500 soldiers were deployed throughout Paris.see more pictures



             Front line: Mr Hollande with (first row, from left) European Commission President European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Mr Netanyahu, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, Mr Keita, Mrs Merkel, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi as they attend the march

             Thousands of people began filled France's Place de la République as world leaders converged on Paris in a rally of defiance and sorrow today

             Left to right: Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Union President Donald Tusk, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Jordan's Queen Rania, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and other guests

             

             World leaders and dignitaries, including  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano and British Prime Minister David Cameron attend a mass unity rally

              French President Francois Hollande (centre) welcomes the Interior Ministers Jorge Fernandez Diaz of Spain (second left), Bernard Cazeneuve of France (third left), US Attorney General Eric Holder (fourth left), British Home Secretary Teresa May (second) and European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos (R) at the Elysee Palace before they participate in a march to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks and to show unity, in Paris, France, 11 January 2014. Three days of terror that ended on 10 January saw 17 people killed in attacks that began with gunmen invading French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and continued with the shooting of a policewoman and the siege of a Jewish supermarket. EPA/YOAN VALAT
French President Francois Hollande (Center),Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez of Spain (Second Left) Bernard Cazeneuve of France (Third Left) US Attorney General Eric Holder (Fourth Left) British Home Secretary Theresa May (Second Right) And European Commissioner For Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos. Right

                       French President Francois Hollande (R) welcomes Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel as she arrives at the Elysee Palace before the solidarity march

            People holding signs that read 'Je Suis Charlie' (I am Charlie), and 'I am Jewish' gather along an avenue leading to the Place de la Nation


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